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The Christmas Bookshop

By: Jenny Colgan
Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
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Escape to a cosy festive bookshop this winter with this pause-resisting and magical treat.

The brand-new feel-good Christmas novel from Sunday Times top 10 best-selling author Jenny Colgan.

Carmen has always worked in her local department store. So, when the gorgeous old building closes its doors for good, she is more than a little lost.

When her sister, Sofia, mentions an opportunity in Edinburgh - a cute little bookshop, the spare room in her house - Carmen is reluctant, she was never very good at accepting help. But, short on options, she soon finds herself pulling into the snowy city just a month before Christmas.

What Sofia didn't say is that the shop is on its last legs and that if Carmen can't help turn things around before Christmas, the owner will be forced to sell. Privately, Sofia is sure it will take more than a miracle to save the store, but maybe this Christmas, Carmen might surprise them all....

©2021 Jenny Colgan (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Holidays Romance Women's Fiction Winter Christmas Feel-Good

Critic Reviews

"Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan." (Sunday Express)

"An evocative, sweet treat." (Jojo Moyes)

"Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting." (Marian Keyes)

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This was the.perfect book for me this Christmas season. I loved the family elements, the character growth of the central character, and most of all the charming Christmas bookshop itself. Such a lovely and cozy listen. Thank you Jenny Colgan!!

A delightful Christmas listen

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Great fun read for Christmas vibes and spirit. Very enjoyable. Carmen is very relatable and her life problems too

Lovely Christmas story with a wonderful bookshop

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A wonderful story to get you in the Christmas spirit. Great story line and characters.

A wonderful Christmas tale

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This is a beautiful novel, funny, touching, keenly and warmly observant of characters and setting, which just happens to be lovely Edinburgh. I have enjoyed all of Jenny Colgan's books, but this one is a real favourite, with its contemporary fairytale feel coupled with hilarious vignettes. It is also beautifully-narrated, with great vivacity and warmth. Highly recommended.

Beautiful, funny, touching

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I really enjoyed the plot and the performance! A beautiful message of family and love

A lovely book to escape into

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The characters are so real and a gorgeous story with twist and all!
Beautiful voices

Just gorgeous and feel good

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I loved this book which I listened to as audiobook. Excellent feel good story and narrated really well. I will read more by this author!

A fabulous Christmas story

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I really liked this book and like this author, but in the beginning I really really struggled with the narrators voice and how she read the story, I nearly gave up but the story line was too good. I perserved and I'm glad I did because I got used to her voice and it's inflections. Recommend it.

good

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A Christmas story that's not all about romance, but about various relationships, people changing, and healing. Lovely, sweet and made me laugh at times. The old bookshop in the cute gothic streets of old Edinburgh (where I used to work 20 years ago!) is a perfect setting for a snow-drizzled Christmas story. The voice of the narrator took a little to get used to at first (sounded very 'posh' Scottish somehow) but is very clear and she does a good job of all the intonations and character voices.

Sweet, funny story of healing in old, snowy Edinburgh

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This book had beautiful descriptions of Edinburgh at Christmas and a lovely albeit predictable story.

Delightful

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