{"product_id":"a-snow-garden-and-other-stories","title":"A Snow Garden and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs read on Radio 4, seven linked stories set in the Christmas holidays - all as funny, joyous, poignant and memorable as Christmas should be:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marriage Manual: Christmas Eve. Two parents endeavour to construct their son’s Christmas present from a DIY kit and in the process find themselves deconstructing their marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristmas at the Airport: A glitch in the system, travellers stranded and all sorts of lives colliding in the face of a sudden birth...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Boxing Day Ball: Maureen has never been out with the local girls before. Who knew that a disco in the Village Hall could be life-changing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Snow Garden: Two little boys, dumped with their divorced father for his share of the Christmas holidays and none of them with a clue how to enjoy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll Be Home for Christmas The most famous boy in the world comes home hoping to escape the madness with a normal family Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrees: As if Christmas wasn't wearing enough, now his elderly parent is asking for a hole in the ground … Father and son break old habits and plant a tree to mark the start of the new year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Joyce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48788251115689,"sku":"9781784162047","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781784162047.jpg?v=1789779200","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/a-snow-garden-and-other-stories","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}