The most positive thing I can say is that after reading it, I've bought the earlier novel in this quartet, Autumn, which I'll be reading soon. There are also references to contemporary issues (Trump and Brexit) without a lot of background, so I'm not sure this novel will stand the test of time.Hard book to review. There are several actual or stylistic references to other works - not sure I got them all - but the idea of Christmases past, present and future figure. The story isn't linear, but it is the relationships, not the chronology of events, that really matter here. It is Lux who brings the family together, insisting that Art contact his aunt to help deal with his mother's apparent dementia. Son Art has promised to bring his girlfriend to meet Mom.but they break up so he brings a young woman (Lux) who he's met at a bus stop.paying her to pretend to be the girlfriend. This is a story about a family - two sisters and the son of the younger one - who have drifted apart but are brought back together one winter for Christmas. At first, I didn't like this book.but I decided to give it 30 pages.
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