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Christmas Short Story

The Christmas lunch

A short story by Nina Stibbe, illustrated by Carolyn Gowdy

13 December 2014

9:00 AM

13 December 2014

9:00 AM

Illustrated by Carolyn Gowdy

The early Christmas lunch party had been Bunny Wedgewood’s idea. But Bunny had pulled out the day before, having been sectioned by her daughter and son-in-law. Notification came from Bunny herself, apparently calling from a phone box in the cafeteria of the psychiatric wing of Leicester General Hospital.

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Nina Stibbe’s Love, Nina, a diary of north London nannying, was a bestseller last Christmas. This year she published her first novel, Man at the Helm.

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