About
the book
This Christmas fall in love
with the town of Chesterwood...
Christmas is meant to be a time of giving, so with Chesterwood food bank
under risk of closure Fern knows just what to do to save it. She's going to get
the town to create a living advent calendar.
Fern, and her best friends, call for help from the local community to
bring this calendar to life. When Kit, the new man in town, offers his
assistance Fern's heart can't help but skip a beat (or two).
As they grow ever closer, Fern must admit that Kit's breaking down the
barriers she built after the death of her husband. But his past is holding him
back and Fern doesn't know how to reach him. No matter how hard she tries.
In this town, Kit's not the only one with secrets. Domestic goddess Cara
is behaving oddly, burning meals in the oven and clothes whilst ironing, and
Davina's perfect children are causing trouble at school leaving her son,
Jasper, desperately unhappy.
Can the Christmas Calendar Girls find a way to bring the community
together in time to save the food bank, while still supporting their families
and each other? Can Fern find love again with Kit?
This
is a story about kindness and letting go of the past. It's about looking out
for your neighbours and about making every day feel like Christmas.
Buy
links:
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Google Play: https://bit.ly/2Z8YiTO
My Review:
This is one of those wonderfully festive books that you can
really imagine being played out as a gorgeously cosy Christmas film.
More than just a typical feel good book though, there is a
level of depth with the readers eyes being opened to a problem that may well be
reflective of their own community. I think this book serves a purpose in
highlighting the importance of food banks and the jeopardy they often find
themselves facing.
What a beautiful idea, a unique take on typical fundraising –
bringing to life the advent calendar within the community. The three main characters, friends, work hard
to pull off this incredible feat all in the hope of raising money for their
local foodbank, so it can pay the rent needed to keep it going. As well as this
each character is facing their own personal issues -whether that’s matters of
the heart, possible illness and overzealous Mother in Laws.
Samantha Tonge has written a brilliant story with friendship
and community at its heart and a cast of characters that will welcome you in
and make you feel like you belong. There
are many ups, there are a great deal of lows; it has drama and
misunderstanding, love and grief. You will go through a wide range of emotions throughout
the festive journey our ladies undertake.
A wonderfully heart-warming, life affirming tale. I enjoyed
every moment and highly recommend.
About
the Author
Samantha Tonge lives in Manchester UK with her husband and
children. She studied German and French at university and has worked abroad,
including a stint at Disneyland Paris. She has travelled widely.When not writing she passes her days cycling, baking and drinking coffee. Samantha has sold many dozens of short stories to women's magazines.
She is represented by the Darley Anderson literary agency. In 2013, she landed a publishing deal for romantic comedy fiction with HQDigital at HarperCollins and in 2014, her bestselling debut, Doubting Abbey, was shortlisted for the Festival of Romantic Fiction best Ebook award. In 2015 her summer novel, Game of Scones, hit #5 in the UK Kindle chart and won the Love Stories Awards Best Romantic Ebook category. In 2018 Forgive Me Not, heralded a new direction into darker women's fiction with publisher Canelo. In 2019 she was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association romantic comedy award
Follow Samantha
Website: http://samanthatonge.co.uk/
Twitter:
@SamTongeWriter
Facebook:
@SamanthaTongeAuthor
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