ARC (Advance Reading Copy)

A host of luminaries gathers all the elements of the Christmas season--past and present, joy and sadness, disappointment and surprise, confession and concealment, humor and pathos--in a stellar holiday collection. Here are ten standout stories that run the gamut of the emotional scale and are as classic and lasting as the holiday itself: bestselling author Donna Tartt's story of a children's Christmas pageant that goes awry; prizewinning author Richard Ford's story of a patchwork kind of family; poet laureate and acclaimed novelist Fred Chappell's barnyard of talking animals on Christmas Eve; Tim Gautreaux's comic tale of kindness to a homeless man on the holiday; Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler's story of an unlikely romance across cultures; and more. With Barry Hannah's moving preface and celebrated artist Wyatt Waters's paintings, A Very Southern Christmas offers up the best gift of all, a collection full of heart and humor.

Released on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at Mr Toad's Coffee House in Cary, North Carolina USA.

to be released at tonight's MeetUp.

Picked up at the meet-up. Looks to be a quick read.

Different kinds of Christmas stories with a southern theme. Will include in the ABBC bookbox going out later this month.

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Traveling the world via bookbox.