Tis the Season, Lorna Landvik
Tis the Season, Lorna Landvik
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'Tis the Season

Author: Lorna Landvik

Narrator: Lorna Landvik

Unabridged: 3 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/28/2008


Synopsis

Heiress Caroline Dixon has managed to alienate nearly everyone with her alcohol-fueled antics, which have also provided near-constant fodder for the poison-pen tabloids and their gossip-hungry readers. But like so many girls-behaving-badly, the twenty-six-year-old socialite gets her comeuppance, followed by a newfound desire to live a saner existence–or at least one more firmly rooted in the real world.

As Caro tentatively begins atoning for past misdeeds, she reaches out to two wonderful people who years ago brought meaning to her life: her former nanny, Astrid Brevald, now living in Norway, and Arizona dude ranch owner Cyril Dale. While Astrid fondly remembers Caro as a sweet little girl, Cyril recalls how he and his late wife were quite taken with the quick-witted teenager Caro had become when she spent time at the Dales’ ranch as her father was dying.

In a series of e-mail exchanges, Caro reveals the depth of her pain and the lengths she went to hide it. In turn, Astrid and Cyril share their own stories of challenging times and offer the unconditional support Caro has never known. The correspondence leads to the promise of a reunion, just in time for Christmas. But the holiday brings unexpected revelations that change the way everyone sees themselves and one another.

About The Author

Lorna Landvik is the author of the bestselling novels Patty Jane's House of CurlYour Oasis on Flame Lake, and The Tall Pine Polka. She is also an actor, playwright, and proud hockey mom.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katy O. on December 20, 2018

Delightful short novel about making amends and starting over. Told through emails and letters, this is perfectly what I love about Landvik’s writing - dry humor, down home feel with a Scandinavian touch. It’s not all that much about Christmas so is definitely one that can be enjoyed year round.......more

Goodreads review by Max on June 12, 2014

I am quite biased, because I have a personal relationship with the author. I'd read Angry Housewives Eating BonBons while living in Tampa. In fact, I read it three times back-to-back. I love that book. So we move to Lompoc and they have a pretty good library and I read Patty Jane's House of Curl and......more

Goodreads review by Beth on December 03, 2024

I read this for a December book club. I checked out my copy from the local library. This novella-length holiday read is light and fluffy, told in modern-style epistolatory format through emails, letters, and gossip columns. The main subject is one Caroline Dixon, an heiress in the press constantly fo......more

Goodreads review by Book Concierge on December 27, 2013

Heiress Caroline Dixon is a hot mess. Her life and alcoholic antics provide plenty of fodder for the tabloids, but also hide a troubled and vulnerable young woman. Two people from her past are sufficiently concerned by what they read to reach out to her and help her in recovery. I like Lorna Landvik......more

Goodreads review by Marion on January 24, 2023

While I have loved other Lorna Landvik books, this one was a bit off the mark for me. Given the title and the cover art, I was expecting a nice, funny Christmas story, generally spiced with Lorna's trademark humour. However, I found the tone of this story sad, given that the main character was very......more