A Lot Like Christmas, Connie Willis
A Lot Like Christmas, Connie Willis
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A Lot Like Christmas

Author: Connie Willis

Narrator: Eliza Foss, John Keating, Lori Gardner, L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 22 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/10/2017


Synopsis

Holiday stories and traditions enchantingly reimagined-with an insightfully satirical twist. Featuring five stories new to this collection, plus seven previously published stories, now all collected together for the first time. From the award-winning author of Crosstalk. No one could ask for a better present than a collection of Connie Willis Christmas tales. These are amazing stories, representing all the best of the Connie Willis experience: true Christmas gifts to her many fans. They are full of humor, absurdity, human foibles, tragedy, joy and hope. They both send up and embrace many of the best Christmas traditions, such as the Christmas newsletter, Secret Santas, office parties, holiday pageants, and Christmas dinners (both elaborate and spare). There are ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To Come; debates over which is the best Christmas movie (Connie argues for the original Miracle on 34th Street, hands down); Rockettes; modern-day Magi; and the triumph of generosity over greed.

About Connie Willis

Connie Willis is a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and a Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She has received seven Nebula awards and eleven Hugo awards for her fiction; Blackout and All Clear-a novel in two parts, and Doomsday Book won both. Her other works include Crosstalk, Passage, Lincoln's Dreams, Bellwether, Impossible Things, Remake, Uncharted Territory, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Fire Watch, The Best of Connie Willis, and A Lot Like Christmas. Willis lives with her family in Colorado.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on December 16, 2024

You all know how much I love Connie Willis. You know how much I love her book Miracle and Other Christmas Stories. So clearly this was meant to be my new Christmas jam, and . . . SPOILER ALERT it WAS! This has all the same stories from Miracle, but then new stories have been sprinkled throughout. Th......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on December 26, 2017

I've always been a big fan of Connie Willis and so I couldn't really find any fault in reading an actual Christmas story (or stories) EVEN on XMAS if it was coming from her. Sometimes you've simply got to pick your battles, and Connie Willis is like the John Mclaine of Xmas Stories. I'm not saying sh......more

Goodreads review by Celeste on December 26, 2017

Full review now posted! Rating: 4.5/5 stars Every year, I try to find something to festive to read to kept put me in the Christmas spirit. I usually stick with classics, like A Christmas Carol and A Little Princess, because I tend to be disappointed by most newer Christmas stories I pick up. A lot of......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on December 23, 2024

Connie Willis is one of the few writers out there that I will read anything by without knowing anything about the story. Her name alone is good enough for me. And like everything she writes, this collection of Christmas stories is great reading. I loved every tale in this collection. These were all......more

Goodreads review by Darla on December 17, 2018

A stellar collection of sci-fi stories paired with other genres like mystery, spy thriller and rom-com. Each story helps us to look at Christmas traditions in a new way. Included are the author's recommendations for Christmas movies and stories to enjoy as we celebrate the birth of Christ. Loved it!......more