In this second volume of the Better Next Year collection of true stories, discover more dashed holiday hopes, Christmas catastrophes, and slender, heartbreaking shards of joy. Upon A Midnight Clear brings together emerging authors from across the country who share their experiences of Christmases gone wrong. These tales—sometimes funny, sometimes sad, always poignant—celebrate the spirit of the season and will warm your heart on even the coldest night.
In this second volume of the Better Next Year collection of true stories, discover more dashed holiday hopes, Christmas catastrophes, and slender, heartbreaking shards of joy. Upon A Midnight Clear brings together emerging authors from across the country who share their experiences of Christmases gone wrong. These tales—sometimes funny, sometimes sad, always poignant—celebrate the spirit of the season and will warm your heart on even the coldest night.
JJ Lee is the author of The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son and a Suit (2011), a finalist for the Governor General's, Hilary Weston Writers' Trust and Charles Taylor prizes for non-fiction. His essays have appeared in publications including Elle, Montecristo, The Georgia Straight, Canadian Architect and more. He currently mentors a non-fiction workshop at Simon Fraser University's The Writer's Studio and previously edited Better Next Year: An anthology of Christmas Epiphanies (2023). He lives in New Westminster, BC.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction • JJ Lee The Gift • Michael McLean The Horse in the Desert • Averill Groeneveld-Meijer Half-Empty • Jennifer Pownall Arviat • Lillian Au Our Book of Days • Jane Harris Songbird • Jill Maynard 2 South • Léa Taranto Tiara • Jolène Savoie-Day Advent • Lareina Abbott Saint Jude’s • Elizabeth Somboun Road to Ballyduff • Sarah El Sioufi The Hitchhiker • Rob Wolf Contributors
Introduction • JJ Lee The Gift • Michael McLean The Horse in the Desert • Averill Groeneveld-Meijer Half-Empty • Jennifer Pownall Arviat • Lillian Au Our Book of Days • Jane Harris Songbird • Jill Maynard 2 South • Léa Taranto Tiara • Jolène Savoie-Day Advent • Lareina Abbott Saint Jude’s • Elizabeth Somboun Road to Ballyduff • Sarah El Sioufi The Hitchhiker • Rob Wolf Contributors
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497
USt-IdNr: DE450055826