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Patterson, James, 1947-

The twelve topsy-turvy, very messy days of Christmas / 12 topsy-turvy, very messy days of Christmas Topsy-turvy, very messy days of Christmas James Patterson and Tad Safran. - First edition. - 276 pages ; 22 cm

During the holiday season, a family of three, missing someone very dear to them, find their house filling up with unexpected guests, making Christmas memories to last a lifetime. After their mother's death on Christmas Day five years ago, Will and Ella Sullivan, and their father, Henry, come to a family agreement: Christmas is a holiday for other people. At their brownstone in Harlem, stockings go unstuffed, tinsel unstrewn, gifts unbought, mistletoe unhung, chestnuts unroasted, carols unplayed, cookies uncooked, a tree un-visible, and guests uninvited. Until this year. Until guests start arriving anyway. In pairs and sixes, in sevens and tens-- they keep coming. And they stay. For twelve long, hard, topsy-turvy, very messy days. That's when the Sullivans discover that those moments in life that defy hope, expectation, or even imagination, might be the best gifts of all. -- adapted from Goodreads and perusal of book

ISBN: 9780316405904 0316405906

LCCN: 2022941580

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bereavement--Fiction
Entertaining--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Christmas fiction
Domestic fiction
Novels

LC Class. No.: PS3566.A822 / T94 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54

National Library of Medicine Call No.: Patterson, J.