A dysfunctional family reunites for the Christmas holiday from hell in this rediscovered
festive classic with fangs for fans of Barbara Pym Elizabeth Taylor and Stella Gibbons.
Literary comfort and joy. Meg Mason author of Sorrow and Bliss The fire is on sherry poured
presents wrapped and claws are being sharpened. In a seaside cottage perched on a cliff one
family reunites for Christmas. While snow falls a tyrannical widowed matriarch presides over
her unruly brood. Her niece tends to her whims but fantasizes about eloping and as more
guests arrive each bringing their secret truths and dreams the Christmas tree explodes a
brawl erupts an escape occurs - and their midwinter madness climaxes...
