'On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me…'
From a partridge in a pear tree to twelve drummers drumming, here is a collection sure to satisfy even the Scroogiest of readers. Taking the classic Christmas song as inspiration, these twelve stories offer a sometimes mischievous, sometimes moving - look at the festive season. The twelve contributors are, in order of song: A Partridge in a Pear Tree - STELLA DUFFY; Two Turtle Doves - MIKE GAYLE; Three French Hens - ANNABEL GILES; Four Calling Birds - VAL McDERMID; Five Gold Rings - SHELLEY SILAS; Six Geese a Laying - SOPHIE KINSELLA; Seven Swans a Swimming - HELEN CROSS; Eight Maids a Milking - BEN RICHARDS; Nine Ladies Dancing - LAUREN HENDERSON; Ten Lords a Leaping - JAKE ARNOTT; Eleven Pipers Piping - MATT WHYMAN; Twelve Drummers Drumming - PATRICK NEATE.
- 'Tender, funny and enchanting stories' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'The answer to at least one of your Christmas present dilemmas' HEAT 'These playful tales are guaranteed to infect even the hardiest of scrooges with the Yuletide spirit' SHE 'We love the premise. . . Our only complaint is we want more than twelve!' FAMILY CIRCLE
- 'An enjoyable collection, deliciously free of cloying Christmas sentiments' ATTITUDE
Paperback:
£6.99
Published 24/10/2005
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