On Strike for Christmas - Brossura

Roberts, Sheila

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1250039657 ISBN 13: 9781250039651

Casa editrice: St Martins Pr, 2013

Riassunto

Tired of their husbands' refusal to share Christmas responsibilities and the lack of appreciation, Joy, Laura, and other women of Holly decide to stage a boycott in order to make the men decorate, mail cards, shop for gifts, and clean up the holiday mess, but as the strike continues, each couple is forced to confront larger issues in their marriage and concerns about the future. Original. 50,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Sheila Roberts is married and has three children. She lives on a lake in the Pacific Northwest. Her novels have appeared in Reader's Digest Condensed Books and have been published in several languages. Her holiday perennial, On Strike for Christmas, was made into a movie for the Lifetime Movie Network and her novel The Nine Lives of Christmas is being made into a movie for The Hallmark Channel. When she's not writing songs, hanging out with her girlfriends or hitting the dance floor with her husband, she can be found writing about those things dear to women's hearts: family, friends and chocolate.

Product Description:

At Christmastime, it seems as though a woman's work is never done. Trimming the tree, mailing the cards, schlepping to the mall, the endless wrapping--"bah humbug"! So this year, Joy and Laura and the rest of their knitting group decide to go on strike. If their husbands and families want a nice holiday--filled with parties, decorations, and presents--well, they'll just have to do it themselves. The boycott soon takes on a life of its own when a reporter picks up the story and more women join in. But as Christmas Day approaches, Joy, Laura, and their husbands confront larger issues in their marriages and discover that a little holiday magic is exactly what they need to come together.Sheila Roberts gives the best gift of all in" On Strike for Christmas," a funny, heartwarming novel that touches the very core of Christmas spirit.

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• Editore: St Martins Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1250039657
• ISBN 13: 9781250039651
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 321