With a foreword (“Christmas-Tide”) and an afterword (“Christmas Greetings from the Author”), you get two bonus essays, for a total of 14. Subtitled “12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days,” it offers 12 short stories (with plots!), interspersed with essays wrapped around recipes.
It’s magical and sweet, easy to read, hard to put down. Winterson has wrapped up a holiday present between two covers.If you’re looking for a book to get you through the rest of the holiday season, you could do (much) worse than Jeanette Winterson’s Christmas Days.
"Funny, spooky stories for the Christmas season." - Los Angeles Times The magical tales are all exuberant." - Washington Post perfect for stuffing the stockings of your eccentric relatives. "Winterson has presented us with unexpected holiday cheer.
Enjoy the season of peace and goodwill, mystery, and a little bit of magic courtesy of one of our most fearless and accomplished writers. From jovial spirits to a donkey with a golden nose, a haunted house to a SnowMama, Winterson's innovative stories encompass the childlike and spooky wonder of Christmas. Jeanette Winterson brings together twelve of her brilliantly imaginative, funny and bold Christmas stories, linked by personal memories and twelve delicious recipes for the Twelve Days of Christmas. bold, revelatory feminist writer Jeanette Winterson's Christmas Days." - Elle "If you crave the mystery, the family rituals, and the special victuals of Christmastime, you'll savor. to be pulled out on a December night, fireside, and read aloud." - New York Times Book Review dark, otherworldly and (trademark Winterson) wickedly funny. "Nowhere is Winterson's] faith in the transporting power of storytelling more on display than in her new book, Christmas Days. A New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2017
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