Wishin' and Hopin' CD
A Christmas Story
Wally Lamb, the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much Is True, and She’s Come Undone, delivers a holiday treat with Wishin’ and Hopin’—an unforgettable novella that captures the warmth and joy of the holiday season. Poignant and hilarious, in a vein similar to Jean Shepherd’s A Christmas Story and David Sedaris’s The Santaland Diaries, Lamb’s Christmas tale focuses on a feisty parochial school fifth grader named Felix Funicello—a distant cousin of the iconic Annette!
Back in the beloved fictional town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, Wally Lamb takes his readers straight into the halls of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova. While Felix learns the meaning of French kissing, cultural misunderstanding, and tableaux vivants, Wishin’ and Hopin’ barrels toward one outrageous Christmas.A vivid slice of 1960s life, Wishin’ and Hopin’ is a wise and witty holiday tale that celebrates where we’ve been-and how far we’ve come.
| Autor: | Lamb, Wally |
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| ISBN: | 9780061953262 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Audio CD |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 10.11.2009 |
| Untertitel: | A Christmas Story |
| Schlagworte: | FICTION: Coming of Age FICTION: Family Life / General FICTION: Family Life / Siblings FICTION: General FICTION: Historical / General FICTION: Holidays FICTION: Humorous / General FICTION: Satire FICTION: Small Town & Rural * LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General |
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