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Author:

Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- author.

Title:

Christmas Days : 12 stories and 12 feasts for 12 days / Jeanette Winterson.

Edition:

First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Grove Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

292 pages : some color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Christmas stories.
Christmas--United States.
Christmas cooking.
Short stories.

Notes:

Includes recipes.

Contents:

Christmas Greetings from the author. Spirit of Christmas -- Mrs Winterson's mince pies -- SnowMama -- Ruth Rendell's red cabbage -- Dark Christmas -- Kathy Acker's New York custard -- Christmas in New York -- My Christmas Eve smoked salmon and champagne -- Mistletoe bride -- Susie's Christmas Eve gravlax -- O'Brien's first Christmas -- Dad's sherry trifle -- Second-best bed -- Shakespeare and Company's chinese dumplings -- Christmas cracker -- My mulled wine (or no more fruit in main courses -- Ghost story -- Kamila Shamsie's turkey biryani -- Silver frog -- My New Year's Eve cheese crispies -- Lion, the unicorn and me -- My New Year's Day steak sandwich -- Glow-heart -- My Twelfth Night fishcakes -- Christmas Greetings from the author.

Summary:

For years Jeanette Winterson has loved writing a new story at Christmas time and here she brings together twelve of her brilliantly imaginative, funny and bold tales. For the Twelve Days of Christmas{u2014}a time of celebration, sharing, and giving{u2014}she offers these twelve plus one: a personal story of her own Christmas memories. These tales give the reader a portal into the spirit of the season, where time slows down and magic starts to happen.

ISBN:

0802125832
9780802125835

LCCN:

bl2016047057

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