The Summer of Christmas, Juliet Giglio
The Summer of Christmas, Juliet Giglio
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The Summer of Christmas

Author: Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio

Narrator: Elizabeth Cottle

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2022

Synopsis

"Christmas has, indeed, arrived early with this romp."—Booklist July is a great time to celebrate Christmas! In the wild world of making a TV Christmas movie, a hot and sunny upstate New York summer becomes a winter wonderland, overnight. But as cool as the fake snow is, when the real life hero gets tangled up with the movie star, the screenwriter grapples for control of the story, and the fans become a hazard to life and limb, it'll take a Christmas miracle to pull everyone together. Up-and-coming LA screenwriter Ivy Green is about to have her life turned upside down. Her movie, based on her high-school romance with Nick Shepherd, is being filmed in her hometown. In the middle of summer, during the month of July, the production crew creates a winter-wonderland Christmas. Nick is less than thrilled to see Ivy after all this time—especially because her movie script kills off his character. To complicate matters, Ivy isn't sure of her relationship with the producer, the town is overflowing with movie stars and adoring fans, and, worst of all, the actress playing Ivy develops a crush on the real Nick! Now with renewed and confusing feelings about Nick, Ivy is determined to see if there is anything left between them. But in the end, she may have to re-write her life's script to finally get everything she's ever wanted.

About Juliet Giglio

Juliet Giglio is an associate professor of screenwriting at SUNY Oswego. She writes as a screenwriting duo with her husband. Their produced films include most recently Christmas in Tune, Dear Christmas, A Very Nutty Christmas, and Christmas Reservations. Their other credits include Disney’s Tarzan, Pizza My Heart, Return to Halloweentown, Joshua, and A Cinderella Story.

About Keith Giglio

Keith Giglio is a professor of screenwriting at Syracuse University. He writes as a screenwriting duo with his wife. Their produced films include most recently Christmas in Tune, Dear Christmas, A Very Nutty Christmas, and Christmas Reservations. Their other credits include Disney’s Tarzan, Pizza My Heart, Return to Halloweentown, Joshua, and A Cinderella Story.

About Elizabeth Cottle

Elizabeth Cottle is an experienced actress and theater director based in New York City. She earned a BFA in communication arts and musical theatre from Ohio Northern University and has been recognized for excellence in acting by the Ohio Community Theatre Association. She also has a wide variety of performing experience outside of the stage, including narrating audiobooks, doing improv sketch comedy, singing with a jazz orchestra, and filming commercials, shorts, and indie features.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Srivalli

Publication Date: 05th July 2022 2.5 Stars One Liner: This is what happens when you fall for the cover and the words summer & Christmas! Ivy Green’s autobiographical script is ready to be filmed. After five years of struggling to make a mark as a screenwriter, Ivy finally gets her chance. Imagine her......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie

Ivy Green is returning home after five years, but only because Hollywood has decided to film her Christmas screenplay in her hometown, and in the middle of summer!. Also coming along for the ride is her boyfriend and future live-in Drew, who is the producer. What Ivy doesn't count on is that her ex-......more

Goodreads review by Travelogged

“Whoever said love wasn’t authentic? It’s the most real thing there is. But maybe we’ve all become too broken by so many things, that we forget all about love. I have mixed feelings about this one. The writing was engaging and the book had a promising start but the amount of OW drama started getting......more

Goodreads review by Shannon

3.5 rounded up This was a pretty fun second chance at love, small town romance with a unique twist. Christmas in July but make it a behind the scenes Hallmark movie. This story features Ivy, a debut screenwriter who has returned to her hometown where they're filming her Christmas movie that she based......more

Goodreads review by Samantha

Honestly it’s not the book for me. I feel like you need a degree in film culture to read it, every other line is a reference to some film in the last 30/40 years or so and it gets grating after a while. I also didn’t enjoy the narration, it was like it was written in phrases rather than full sentenc......more

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