Product Description

Bestselling author Lorna Landvik shines in this delightful holiday novel of redemption and forgiveness.

Heiress Caroline Dixon has managed to alienate nearly everyone with her alcohol-fueled antics, which have also provided near-constant fodder for the poison-pen tabloids and their gossip-hungry readers. But like so many girls-behaving-badly, the twenty-six-year-old socialite gets her comeuppance, followed by a newfound attempt to live a saner existence, or at least one more firmly rooted in the real world.

As Caro tentatively begins atoning for past misdeeds, she reaches out to two wonderful people who years ago brought meaning to her life: her former nanny, Astrid Brevald, now living in Norway and Arizona dude ranch owner, Cyril Dale. While Astrid fondly remembers Caro as a special, sweet little girl left in her charge, Cyril recalls how he and his late wife were quite taken with the quick-witted teenager Caro had become when she spent a difficult period in her life at the ranch as her father was dying.

In a series of e-mail exchanges, Caro reveals the depth of her pain and the lengths she went to hide it. In turn, Astrid and Cyril share their own stories of challenging times and offer the unconditional support this young woman has never known. The correspondence leads to the promise of a reunion, just in time for Christmas. But the holiday brings unexpected revelations that change the way everyone sees themselves and one another.

At once heartfelt and witty, ’Tis the Season bears good tidings of great joy about the human condition–that down and out doesn’t mean over and done, that the things we need most are closer than we know, and that the true measure of one’s worth rests in the boundless depths of the soul.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #508069 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-28
• Released on: 2008-10-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780345499752
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

From Publishers Weekly
Just in time for Christmas, Landvik gets into the head of a Paris Hilton–like celebuditz in this lively novel propelled by e-mails, tabloid gossip and letters primarily written by, about or to young celebrity bad girl Caroline Caro Dixon. The gorgeous heiress's boozy rampages have made her notorious, but now she's considering a 12-step program, hence the bitter apology letter she writes to everyone I have supposedly hurt. She tosses it out, and, in true Hollywood fashion, the catty missive turns up in a trashy tabloid. The ensuing firestorm of negative publicity and hate mail convinces Caro to give sobriety a shot. Caro's effort to dispel her image as Little Miss Hangover has its moments, but the choppy epistolary structure leaves much to be desired. Still, readers who love snark—it's doled out here by the shovelful—will dig this. (Oct.)
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Review
Praise for Lorna Landvik

The View from Mount Joy

“A delightful journey . . . full of humor and poignancy and the potential for joy in everyday life.”
–The Charlotte Observer

Oh My Stars

“Packs a folksy, storytelling punch. . . . And oh my stars but how [these] pages do fly by!”
–Minneapolis Star Tribune

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

“It is impossible not to get caught up in the lives of the book group members. . . . Landvik’s gift lies in bringing these familiar women to life with insight and humor.”
–The Denver Post


Welcome to the Great Mysterious

“Funny, heartwarming . . . admirably captures the ups and downs of a small town from the humorous perspective of a big-city star.”
–Publishers Weekly


From the Hardcover edition.

Review
Praise for Lorna Landvik

The View from Mount Joy

“A delightful journey . . . full of humor and poignancy and the potential for joy in everyday life.”
–The Charlotte Observer

Oh My Stars

“Packs a folksy, storytelling punch. . . . And oh my stars but how [these] pages do fly by!”
–Minneapolis Star Tribune

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

“It is impossible not to get caught up in the lives of the book group members. . . . Landvik’s gift lies in bringing these familiar women to life with insight and humor.”
–The Denver Post


Welcome to the Great Mysterious

“Funny, heartwarming . . . admirably captures the ups and downs of a small town from the humorous perspective of a big-city star.”
–Publishers Weekly

Customer Reviews

Just okay
All right --- I must admit that I really like Landvik, but will she ever again write a book that I like as much as I liked "Patty Jane's House of Curl"? I don't think so!

That being said, this new book filled a few hours. I really like epistolary novels, so that was not a problem for me. I guess what was a problem is the the entire time I was reading it I was thinking that a soon as I finished it, I would forget it.

Even though Landvik tried to make Caro a sympathetic character, I felt nothing for her. I had no idea of who she was. Character development was pretty slim.

And I was right about forgetting it. I was putting books into my book journal this morning, and forgot to even enter this one! I realized this a few hours later.

Disappointment
This book is very disappointing compared to the author's other books. It wasn't worth finishing the book. Blah!

A light read that reminds never to give up hope!
This book is written in an unusual style - letters between the characters. I was not expecting that from Ms. Landvik but enjoyed the book a great deal. A light read that is a great way to start off the New Year - full of hope and new beginnings. Give it a read!