Reviews (4)
Christmas DaysChristmas Days
12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-
Library Journal
Best-selling author Winterson (Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?) gathers 12 of her enchanting holiday-themed short stories and pairs them with recipes for the 12 days of Christmas. She opens with an entertaining and enlightening…
Booklist
Christmas was an island of happiness in an otherwise grim childhood for Winterson, an exceptionally imaginative novelist (The Daylight Gate, 2013) and commanding memoirist (Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal, 2012), inspiring her to…
Kirkus Reviews
Ghosts, fairies, self-revelation, and friendly seasonal recipes give this collection a potentially wide-ranging appeal for readers as well as gift shoppers.Winterson (The Gap of Time, 2015, etc.), the versatile British writer, has gathered…
The New York Times
ELIZABETH BISHOP: A Miracle for Breakfast, by Megan Marshall. (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99.) A former student delves into Bishop's complex personal life, which the poet fiercely tried to protect. Drawing on a trove of new…