| Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm Contributor(s): Gibbons, Stella (Author), McCall Smith, Alexander (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143120115 ISBN-13: 9780143120117 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011041246 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Available for the first time since its original publication more than fifty years ago, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm is a charming collection whose hilarious title story features Christmas dinner with the Starkadders before Flora's arrival. With Adam playing Santa while draped in Mrs. Starkadders's shawls, the family shares their traditional "Christmas pudding"-a m lange containing random objects of doom foretelling the coming year: a coffin nail for death, a bad sixpence for financial ruin, and a menthol cone to indicate that the lucky recipient will go "blind wi' headache." These lively tales will delight anyone who loves Stella Gibbons and her signature wit. |