{"product_id":"9781784162047","title":"A Snow Garden and Other Stories : From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Joyce, Rachel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 3 November 2016 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Black Swan) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 177 x 15 | 146g\u003cp\u003eAs read on Radio 4, seven linked stories set in the Christmas holidays - all as funny, joyous, poignant and memorable as Christmas should be:A Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marriage Manual: Christmas Eve. Two parents endeavour to construct their son's Christmas present from a DIY kit and in the process find themselves deconstructing their marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristmas at the Airport: A glitch in the system, travellers stranded and all sorts of lives colliding in the face of a sudden birth...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Boxing Day Ball: Maureen has never been out with the local girls before. Who knew that a disco in the Village Hall could be life-changing?A Snow Garden:  Two little boys, dumped with their divorced father for his share of the Christmas holidays and none of them with a clue how to enjoy it. I'll Be Home for Christmas  The most famous boy in the world comes home hoping to escape the madness with a normal family Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrees: As if Christmas wasn't wearing enough, now his elderly parent is asking for a hole in the ground ... Father and son break old habits and plant a tree to mark the start of the new year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joyce, Rachel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42538022043832,"sku":"9781784162047","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781784162047.jpg?v=1734713548","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781784162047","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}