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ISBN-13: 9780778334279
Publisher: Mira
Release Date: 10-03-2023
Length: 400pp
Source: Publisher for Review
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Overview:
Three women. Three terrible Christmases. Can they finally perfect the holiday by celebrating every month?From USA TODAY bestselling author Sheila Roberts comes a story of family, second chances and holiday do-overs, brimming with warmth and Christmas charm.
Sunny, Arianna and Molly are having three very different but equally terrible Christmases. Sunny is a newlywed with two new stepkids who want nothing to do with her; Arianna is newly divorced and hates having to send her daughter off to spend the holiday with her dad; for Molly, nothing is new, but her job at the post office is getting very, very old.
The whole Christmas season has been a bust all around. But Sunny and Arianna have a wild idea: What if they had a Christmas do-over in January? February? On Saint Patrick’s Day?
Christmas all year long—what could that look like? As these three determined women chase the perfect holiday through twelve months of cooking disasters, over-the-top festivity, and lots of laughter and tears, they’ll discover perfection is way overrated.
My Review:
The Twelve Months of Christmas
by Shelia Roberts
Shelia Roberts latest Christmas tale is full of heart, friendship and
jubilation with a little calamity, chaos and heartache thrown into the mix. Her
three women protagonists are all relatable and genuine and each reader will
probably find one to relate more with but will have a hard time picking
favorites.
Sunny is the eternal optimist, she’s funny, she’s thoughtful and she’s the real
deal even though her stepdaughter keeps trying to kill her Christmas Spirit.
Arianna is a bit of a pessimist trying to climb her way out of a dark time in
her life knowing she needs to keep up a happy front for her young daughter.
Sixty year old Molly is the realist, she has a grown daughter and granddaughter
who she loves dearly but her post office patrons are making her want to go
postal.
Fans of holiday themed warm hearted stories and this insightful author will
find this hard to put down and will need a few tissues to make it to The End.
Newlywed Sunny wanted to give her new husband and two new
step kids a Christmas to remember but it was the step kids who gave her a
Christmas she’d like to forget.
Arianna is spending her first Christmas as an ex-wife and dealing with her
selfish ex and having to share her daughter with him is ruining her Christmas
spirit.
Postal worker Molly isn’t usually a Grinch but her customers at Christmastime
put her in a fowl mood.
After discussing their awful Christmases these three neighbors decide what they
really need is to re-do Christmas, find their Christmas spirit and maybe keep
it going all year long. And what they find along the way is twelve months of fun
holiday themed activities, special moments, laughter and tears and a whole lot
of celebrating.
With more than fifty books to her name, Sheila Roberts is a frequent USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller - and a fan favorite. Her Christmas perennial "On Strike for Christmas" was made into a movie for the Lifetime Channel and her novel "The Nine Lives of Christmas" was made into a movie for Hallmark. Hallmark also made a sequel, titled "The Nine Kittens of Christmas." Her most recent novel to hit the small screen was "Christmas on Candy Cane Lane," which aired on the Great American Family Channel in 2022. Before settling into her writing career, Sheila owned a singing telegram company and played in band. When she's not traveling, she splits her time between the Pacific Northwest and Southern California.
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This sounds wonderful, Debbie. I love that it focuses on women and that the characters felt genuine.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kimberly it was wonderful
DeleteI've not read any of her books yet, but this three women re-doing Christmas sounds great.
ReplyDeletewow now that surprises me Sophia Rose. You need to
DeleteI don't think that I have read this author yet but this one sounds great! I would say that my favorite imprint is the Romantic Suspense books. My favorite tradition is just being with family.
ReplyDeleteI think you'd like her Carole. I love romantic suspense too
DeleteLovely review and imagine twelve months of Christmas! At first my eye read Days and then I noticed - no - months!
ReplyDeleteI know me too and it was a really fun book and idea
DeleteLove her holiday stories!
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