TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cassidy,Holly
TI  - The Christmas countdown
SN  - 9780593716267
AV  - PR9199.4.M429928 C45 2024
U1  - 813/.6 23/eng/20240403
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - New York
PB  - G. P. Putnam's Sons
KW  - Advent calendars
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Cooks
KW  - Women
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Christmas fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - Novels
N1  - Includes discussion questions; Includes a conversation with the author
N2  - "All Callie wants for Christmas is to hibernate. She's still reeling from being dumped by her childhood sweetheart, and under no circumstances will she go home for the holidays considering her ex will be right next door with his new, perfect partner. Callie is officially in grinch mode, but her meddling sister, Anita, won’t let her give up on life, love, and Christmas quite so easily.  Anita stages a Christmas intervention for Callie with a homemade Advent calendar challenge -- cheerful tasks to push Callie out of her comfort zone and into the holiday spirit, inspired by a childhood tradition. Callie reluctantly plays along, but when she comes face-to-face with a charming baker who just might be the spoonful of sugar she needs, her strict rules on love and the holidays are tested. As they strike a deal to do the activities together, could the twenty four little doors on Callie’s Advent calendar not only open up one, but two closed-off hearts?"--
ER  -