{"product_id":"a-snow-garden-and-other-stories-9780857523532","title":"A Snow Garden and Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Snow Garden and Other Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e by Joyce, Rachel. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780857523532.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe perfect gift: a collection of six Christmas stories from the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry \u0026amp; The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy.\n\nSix stories to span the Christmas holidays:\n\nA Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldnt 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.\n\nThe Marriage Manual: Christmas Eve. Two parents endeavour to construct their sons Christmas present from a DIY kit and in the process find themselves deconstructing their marriage.\n\nChristmas at the Airport: A glitch in the system, travellers stranded and all sorts of lives colliding in the face of a sudden birth...\n\nThe 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?\n\nA 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.\n\nNew Years Day: As if Christmas wasnt 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.\n\nSix stories as funny, joyous, poignant and memorable as Christmas should be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44815627321397,"sku":"ByrdShop_0857523538","price":62.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0857523538_85ad6c76-369d-43c9-b0f3-b1fde50cac1b.jpg?v=1784162275","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-snow-garden-and-other-stories-9780857523532","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}