Christmas Days, Jeanette Winterson
Christmas Days, Jeanette Winterson
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Christmas Days
12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

Author: Jeanette Winterson

Narrator: Jeanette Winterson, Imogen Church

Unabridged: 9 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/06/2016

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories

Synopsis

For years Jeanette Winterson has loved writing a new story at Christmastime, and here she brings together twelve of her brilliantly imaginative, funny, and bold tales.For the Twelve Days of Christmas—a time of celebration, sharing, and giving—she offers these twelve plus one: a personal story of her own Christmas memories.These tales open a portal into the spirit of the season, when time slows down and magic starts to happen. From trees with mysterious powers to a tinsel baby that talks, philosophical fairies to flying dogs, a haunted house to a disappearing train, Winterson’s innovative stories encompass the childlike and spooky wonder of Christmas, perfect for listening to by the fire with loved ones or while traveling home for the holidays.Enjoy the season of peace and goodwill, mystery, and a little bit of magic courtesy of one of our most fearless and accomplished writers.

About Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson OBE has written ten novels, children’s books, non-fiction works, and screenplays, and writes regularly for the Guardian. She was adopted by Pentecostal parents and raised in Manchester to be a missionary, which she wrote about in her first novel, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, and twenty-seven years later in her bestselling memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? The Winter’s Tale tells the story of Perdita, the abandoned child. “All of us have talismanic texts that we have carried around and that carry us around. I have worked with The Winter’s Tale in many disguises for many years,” Jeanette says of the play. The result is The Gap of Time, her cover version.

About Imogen Church

Imogen Church, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, trained as an actress at the Drama Centre London, under Christopher Fettes, Yat Malmgren, and Reuven Adiv. Since graduating, she has worked extensively in theater, film, commercials, and comedy sketch work, and she also works regularly as a voice artist. As a screenwriter, her first screenplay won the 2009 award for Best Feature Screenplay at the Reel Women Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on December 25, 2024

For those looking for a little holiday spirit in their lives, Jeanette Winterson’s Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days will shake the snowglobe of your heart and usher you into a magical winter wonderland of good tidings and great cheer. Truth be told, as an adult I’ve always strugg......more

Goodreads review by Candi on January 04, 2019

I’ve not read Jeanette Winterson’s writing before this lovely and imaginative collection of short stories and personal essays. How delightful it was to sit and get lost in a story or two each night before turning out the lights! All of the short stories had a magical quality to them – a tone that se......more

Quotes

“Savor the season’s tales of ghosts, ‘magical interventions, ordinary encounters that turn out to be not ordinary at all, small miracles, and salutes to the coming of the light.’” Elle

“Award-winning author Winterson’s celebration of the twelve days of Christmas is a surprising and cheering addition to her work…A delectable read for long winter nights.” BBC

“Dark, otherworldly, and (trademark Winterson) wickedly funny…[A] holiday treasure…to be pulled out on a December night, fireside, and read aloud.” New York Times Book Review

“Winterson has presented us with unexpected holiday cheer…Perfect for stuffing the stockings of your eccentric relatives…The magical tales are all exuberant.” Washington Post

“Spooky, inventive, funny…Winterson’s mixed bag of fictional treats has a nineteenth-century charm much needed in the grim twenty-first.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Magic…Leave politics at the door, watch Elf for the tenth time, and begin the tradition of reading Christmas Days—to yourself, to your loved ones.” Amazon.com

“Spooky, clever, funny, and poignant, Winterson’s supernatural tales refresh our appreciation of what it truly means to give, to love, and to share joy.” Booklist

Awards

  • New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
  • New York Times Notable Book
  • USA Today Pick
  • BBC Pick
  • Amazon Editors' Pick
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