| Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story Contributor(s): Lamb, Wally (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061950262 ISBN-13: 9780061950261 Publisher: Harper Large Print OUR PRICE: $21.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" (0.52 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Christmas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wally Lamb, the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much Is True, and She's Come Undone, delivers a holiday treat with Wishin' and Hopin'--an unforgettable novella that captures the warmth and joy of the holiday season. Poignant and hilarious, in a vein similar to Jean Shepherd's A Christmas Story and David Sedaris's The Santaland Diaries, Lamb's Christmas tale focuses on a feisty parochial school fifth grader named Felix Funicello--a distant cousin of the iconic Annette |
Contributor Bio(s): Lamb, Wally: - Wally Lamb is the author of five New York Times bestselling novels: She's Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, The Hour I First Believed, Wishin' and Hopin', and We Are Water. His first two works of fiction, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, were both #1 New York Times bestsellers and |