Gifts

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What to expect

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

'A gorgeous festive tale'
DAILY MAIL

'The ideal read to get you in the festive spirit'
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'A novel that's sure to warm the heart of any Scrooge'
RADIO TIMES

'Tender and moving, Gifts is infused with Christmas magic'
DAILY MIRROR

'A delightful treat'
CLARE CHAMBERS, AUTHOR OF SMALL PLEASURES

Maddy runs the bookshop on Market Square. She's struggling to choose a gift for her old school friend Peter, who's just moved back from London following a messy divorce.
Peter doesn't have a clue what to get for his teenage daughter Chloe - he worries that he really doesn't know her at all.
Chloe wants to buy something special for her grandmother Irene, her confidente and guiding light, who lives alone on the other side of town.
Irene doesn'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.
And Alina, meanwhile, has her eye on something for...

Critics 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.

    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.

    DAILY MAIL

  • Full of warmth, poignancy and a huge dose of Christmas spirit.

    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.

    STYLIST

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