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OverviewWally 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! Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wally LambPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: Collins Edition: Large type / large print edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.236kg ISBN: 9780061950261ISBN 10: 0061950262 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 24 November 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsLamb's rich panoply of details...render this novel first-rate escapism just begging for a comforter and a cup of tea. -- Minneapolis Star Tribune Author InformationWally Lamb is the author of five New York Times bestselling novels: She's Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, The Hour I First Believed, Wishin' and Hopin', and We Are Water. His first two works of fiction, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, were both #1 New York Times bestsellers and selections of Oprah's Book Club. Lamb edited Couldn't Keep It to Myself, I'll Fly Away, and You Don't Know Me, three volumes of essays from students in his writing workshop at York Correctional Institution, a women's prison in Connecticut, where he has been a volunteer facilitator for two decades. He lives in Connecticut and New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |