Tidings - Softcover

Wharton, William

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ISBN 10: 0070695040 ISBN 13: 9780070695047

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1989

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Will, a philosophy teacher at the American College in France, his wife, Lor, and their four grown children prepare to celebrate what promises to be their last Christmas together as a family

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From Library Journal:

This intimate family novel by the author of Birdy ( LJ 12/15/78) and Dad ( LJ 5/15/81) takes place during a few days around Christmas. At an old mill in rural France, philosophy teacher Will, wife Lor, and four nearly grown children reunite for the holidays. The scene and the season are so lovingly detailed that the novel's atmosphere is almost palpable, yet each family member brings to the festivities some personal trouble that he or she will try to resolve. As they struggle to make this a Christmas to remember, the people and their celebration come alive in an unusual, entertaining, heartwarming evocation of the magic, warmth, and underlying strains of family Christmas. Recommended. Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

Of this story of Will, a philosophy professor whose family members bring their assorted woes to his home for a bittersweet Christmas, PW complained that the author "never bothers to put flesh on his stick figures or write a line of authentic dialogue."
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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