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The Christmas Bookshop

by Jenny Colgan Publisher: WILLIAM MORROW

Bestseller Critically Recognized

A bookshop, a holiday job, and a complicated family Christmas

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Awards & Recognition

  • Bestseller

    Instant New York Times bestseller

  • Critical praise

    Praised by The Times (UK)

    Attributed praise compares the book to literary hot chocolate with an emotional kick.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A bookshop, a holiday job, and a complicated family Christmas

After losing her department-store job, Carmen takes work in an old Edinburgh bookshop at her sister Sofia’s request. The shop needs attention before the holiday season, while the sisters must navigate a strained relationship and the expectations of spending Christmas together. The bookshop’s revival provides the story’s practical center, with family tensions and a romantic complication woven into the seasonal setting. Edinburgh’s historic streets and the shop itself place the novel firmly in the world of Christmas retail and family gatherings.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in holiday fiction set around a bookshop.
  • Those who enjoy stories combining family relationships with a romantic thread.
  • Readers looking for a seasonal novel set in Edinburgh.

Themes

Family relationshipsStarting over after job lossBookshops and communityChristmas and reconciliation

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Book overview

The instant New York Times bestseller!

"Sublime...Colgan infuses her latest book with humor, wit, suspense and a perfectly cast love triangle."--USA Today

"The Christmas Bookshop is literary hot chocolate with a bourbon shot: hot, sweet but with a surprising emotional kick."--The Times (UK)

Perfect for the holidays! A brand-new heartwarming Christmas novel from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas at the Island Hotel.

Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. The prospect of spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia's perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered yuppie life does not appeal.

Frankly, Sofia doesn't exactly want her prickly sister Carmen there either. But Sofia has yet another baby on the way, a mother desperate to see her daughters get along, and a client who needs help revitalizing his shabby old bookshop for the holiday season. So Carmen moves in and takes the job.

Thrown rather suddenly into the inner workings of Mr. McCredie's ancient bookshop on the picturesque streets of historic Edinburgh--a delightful bookshop romance--Carmen is intrigued despite herself. The store is dusty and disorganized but undeniably charming. Can she breathe some new life into it in time for Christmas shopping? What will happen when a famous and charismatic author takes a sudden interest in the bookshop--and Carmen? And will the Christmas spirit be enough to mend the bond between two sisters and heal her fractured family?

  • A touching holiday read
  • Perfect for fans of uplifting winter romances
  • A delightful Christmas gift

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