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'Warm and uplifting storytelling: a delightful treat'
Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures

'If you're not in the Yuletide mood yet, you will be after this'
Telegraph

'An ode to the strange and wonderful time that is Christmas'
Stylist

'A novel that's sure to warm the heart of any Scrooge'
Radio Times

'Tender and moving, Gifts is infused with Christmas magic - that bittersweet mix of joy, yearning, sadness and hope that accompanies the festive season'
Daily Mirror

'A gorgeous festive tale... Beautifully written and highly emotionally intelligent'
Daily Mail

'I loved The Versions Of Us by Laura Barnett and her new novel is just as wonderful... The ideal warm, bittersweet read to get you in the festive spirit'
Good Housekeeping

'Full of warmth, poignancy and a huge dose of Christmas spirit'
Red

Twelve people
Twelve gifts
One Christmas to remember

Maddyruns the bookshop on Market Square. She's struggling to choose a gift (a watch? a wine subscription? a weekend bag? all too much?) for her old school friend Peter, who's just moved back from London following a messy divorce.

Peterdoesn't have a clue what to get for his teenage daughter Chloe - furious with her mother, she's decided to up sticks and move to Kent with him, but he worries that he really doesn't know her at all.

Chloewants to buy something special for her grandmother Irene, who lives alone on the other side of town.

Irenedoesn't get out much these days, but she'd really like to find the right gift for Alina, who's so much more than a carer, really - always stops to chat for a bit, have a cup of tea, even if it makes her late.

And Alina, meanwhile, has her eye on something for...

From the no. 1 bestselling author of The Versions of Us comes a novel about how wonderful and sad and difficult and happy and strange Christmas can be. Stories to inspire, move and comfort.

'He felt it: the lightness, the expansiveness, the anticipation, the sense that something good was coming. And it was, wasn't it - though the world was still licking its collective wounds and there was still suffering everywhere, suffering and loneliness and sadness. Despite all this, it was good: it was kindness, it was giving without thought of recompense, it was light in the darkness'

 
 

Review

Warm and uplifting storytelling: a delightful treat.

- Clare Chambers, author of SMALL PLEASURES

The ideal warm, bittersweet read to get you in the festive spirit. -- Jo Finney - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

In her third novel, set in a fictional English village, Barnett weaves together 12 interlinking stories set at Christmastime. We meet a single dad, a grieving daughter, a guilt-ridden ex-convict and a sprightly pensioner, and what connects them is a desire to do right by the people they love and choose the perfect gift. If you're not in the Yuletide mood yet, you will be after this. - TELEGRAPH

I thoroughly enjoyed this gorgeous festive tale. Told in the form of interlinked short stories, it's beautifully written and highly emotionally intelligent.

-- Sara Lawrence - DAILY MAIL

Full of warmth, poignancy and a huge dose of Christmas spirit. -- Sarra Manning - RED

The best gift of all is a book you can curl up under a blanket with over the Christmas and New Year holidays and happily transport yourself. Leading the way is Laura Barnett's Gifts which is an ode to the strange and wonderful time that is Christmas told through a series of moving stories about characters trying to find gifts for awkward-yet-loved people in their lives. -- Francesca Brown - STYLIST

This book will inspire, comfort, and move anyone who reads it. - HOOD MAGAZINE

Celebrating the power of community and exploring the emotional ups and downs the festive season can bring, it's a novel that's sure to warm the heart of any Scrooge. - RADIO TIMES

This gem of a book is well observed, poignant and hopeful. -- Deirdre O'Brien - BEST

Tender and moving, Gifts is infused with Christmas magic - that bittersweet mix of joy, yearning, sadness and hope that accompanies the festive season. -- Mernie Gilmore - DAILY MIRROR

They say don't judge a book by its cover but in this case, go right ahead. Like chocolate for the eyes, Gifts tells the bittersweet story of 12 interconnected characters on the hunt for the perfect gift for the people who matter most to them. An immensely readable book made for a cosy day at home, preferably with a snoozing dog on your lap. - ZOELLA

Heartwarming and comforting, this beautiful festive gift of a book allows you to connect with a vivid cast of characters and soak up the festive spirit of hope which is infused in every page... A wonderful piece of storytelling that is a must read for your festive fiction book selection. - MY WEEKLY

Book Description

Twelve people. Twelve gifts. One Christmas to remember.
A novel in stories about how wonderful and sad and difficult and happy and strange Christmas can be. Stories to inspire, move and comfort.

About the Author

Laura Barnett was born in 1982 in south London. She studied Spanish and Italian at Cambridge University, and newspaper journalism at City University, London. As a freelance arts journalist, features writer and theatre critic, Laura has worked for the GUARDIAN, the OBSERVER and the DAILY TELEGRAPH amongst others.
THE VERSIONS OF US, her debut novel, was a no. 1 bestseller and has been translated into 23 languages. She is also the author of the novels GREATEST HITS, GIFTS and THIS BEATING HEART.

 
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