About
the book
This Christmas fall in love
with the town of Chesterwood...
Christmas is meant to be a time of giving, so with Chesterwood food bank
under risk of closure Fern knows just what to do to save it. She's going to get
the town to create a living advent calendar.
Fern, and her best friends, call for help from the local community to
bring this calendar to life. When Kit, the new man in town, offers his
assistance Fern's heart can't help but skip a beat (or two).
As they grow ever closer, Fern must admit that Kit's breaking down the
barriers she built after the death of her husband. But his past is holding him
back and Fern doesn't know how to reach him. No matter how hard she tries.
In this town, Kit's not the only one with secrets. Domestic goddess Cara
is behaving oddly, burning meals in the oven and clothes whilst ironing, and
Davina's perfect children are causing trouble at school leaving her son,
Jasper, desperately unhappy.
Can the Christmas Calendar Girls find a way to bring the community
together in time to save the food bank, while still supporting their families
and each other? Can Fern find love again with Kit?
This
is a story about kindness and letting go of the past. It's about looking out
for your neighbours and about making every day feel like Christmas.
What Did I Think
I did wonder if it was too early to start reading Christmas books. I usually leave them till I am feeling more festive myself - but then I run out of time to read them - as reading them after Christmas just isn't right.
Festivities aside this is a wonderful book with it's main theme being friendship, kindlness and community and about pulling together and helping each other. Cedarwood sounds like a lovely place to live - many places now seem to be lacking a sense of community and this needs to be brought back.
This book will certainly get you into a festive mood and bring back the meaning of Christmas.
About
the Author
Samantha Tonge lives in Manchester UK with her husband and
children. She studied German and French at university and has worked abroad,
including a stint at Disneyland Paris. She has travelled widely.
When not writing she passes her days cycling,
baking and drinking coffee. Samantha has sold many dozens of short stories to
women's magazines.
She is represented by the Darley Anderson
literary agency. In 2013, she landed a publishing deal for romantic comedy
fiction with HQDigital at HarperCollins and in 2014, her bestselling debut,
Doubting Abbey, was shortlisted for the Festival of Romantic Fiction best Ebook
award. In 2015 her summer novel, Game of Scones, hit #5 in the UK Kindle chart
and won the Love Stories Awards Best Romantic Ebook category. In 2018 Forgive
Me Not, heralded a new direction into darker women's fiction with publisher
Canelo. In 2019 she was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association
romantic comedy award
Follow Samantha
Website: http://samanthatonge.co.uk/
Twitter:
@SamTongeWriter
Facebook:
@SamanthaTongeAuthor
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