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Imprint: Viking
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Published: 02/11/2017
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ISBN: 9780241309827
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Length: 176 Pages
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Dimensions: 187mm x 20mm x 120mm
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Weight: 208g
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RRP: £9.99
An Almost Perfect Christmas
Nina Stibbe, bestselling author of Love, Nina and Reasons to Be Cheerful, delves hilariously into the festive season with the perfect stocking filler!
'This book is the seasonal garnish we all need' Observer
"My mother is not a foodie. But for as long as I can remember, once a year, she becomes possessed of a profound and desperate need to serve up a perfect roast turkey. Faced with a walk into the village though, she might think 'oh, f*** it' and decide to get a frozen one from Bejams on the 23rd and leave it to defrost in the downstairs toilet for not quite 48 hours."
From perennially dry turkeys to Christmas pudding fires, from the round robin code of conduct to the risks and rewards of re-gifting, An Almost Perfect Christmas is an ode to the joy and insanity of the most wonderful time of the year.
'Witty, intimate, beguiling . . . Ideal for a Christmas stocking' Irish Times
'It's Stibbe who truly captures that typically English attitude of adhering to traditions while grumbling about them ceaselessly' Stylist
'Prepare to ignite your Yuletide spirit' Glamour
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Imprint: Viking
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Published: 02/11/2017
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ISBN: 9780241309827
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Length: 176 Pages
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Dimensions: 187mm x 20mm x 120mm
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Weight: 208g
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RRP: £9.99
Reviews
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This book is the seasonal garnish we all need. There is no subject upon which Stibbe could not entertain . . . It ends with "Zest: a vital ingredient in many Christmas dishes". But the essential zest, I'd say, is Nina Stibbe herself
Observer
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I'll return to An Almost Perfect Christmas year after year...it's Stibbe who truly captures that typically English attitude of adhering to traditions while grumbling about them ceaselessly
Stylist
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The author of Love, Nina delves hilariously into the festive season
Elle
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This will have any recipient chuckling out loud
Homes & Antiques
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All festive life is in these short stories
Red
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These festive essays are the perfect anecdote for anyone who doesn't "do" Christmas
Fabulous Magazine, The Sun
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Anyone who's suffered perennially dry turkey, the dreaded round-robin and having all your beloved's family in the same room at the same time, will laugh and laugh
Saga
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Prepare to ignite your Yuletide spirit
Glamour
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Witty, intimate, beguiling... Ideal for a Christmas stocking
Irish Times
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Charming
India Knight
