There's Something About Christmas
by Debbie Macomber
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Author: Debbie MacomberEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN: 0739458892
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Mira
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Summary: 3 Stars
Debbie Macomber serves up a season tale that, despite its predictable outcome, manages to entertain during this festive time. When the girl who hates Christmas meets the guy who loves it.....well, suffice it to say, happy endings abound at Christmas.
Emma Collins works as a reporter in Washington State and is looking for her big break to take her away from writing obituaries and selling ads. A feature on three finalists in a fruitcake contest may be her key to bigger things and, indeed, it does lead to a lot of introspection about the character of Emma. Not being one who likes fruitcakes one iota, I was surprised to see that this book had me rethinking my prejudices about the traditional door stopper.
Emma interviews three fruitcake makers and learns more about life and how to handle what circumstances come your way than she learns about cooking. Her big handicap in traveling to the homes of the semifinalists to interview them is that she must fly in a private plane piloted by Oliver Hamilton, a cocksure stud who both tantalizes and repulses our intrepid reporter. Two dogs, a wise co-worker, and a bare Christmas tree lead Emma to a transformation and make her realize that indeed there is, as the title says, something about Christmas.
Summary of There's Something About Christmas
Emma Collins has always believed that the world is divided into two kinds of people: those who love fruitcake and those who don't. She's firmly in the second category, so it's ironic that her major assignment for the Puyallup, Washington, Examiner is a series of articles about . . . fruitcake. At least it's a step up from writing obituaries.Her task is to interview the finalists in a fruitcake recipe contest, and that means traveling around the state. Actually . . . flying around the state. Local pilot Oliver Hamilton, who's starting an airfreight business, has agreed to take her wherever she needs to go, in exchange for free advertising. Unfortunately Emma hates small planes -- almost as much as she hates fruitcake.
But in the weeks leading up to Christmas, Emma falls for Oliver (who's not quite the Scrooge he sometimes seems) and his mutt, Oscar (who's allergic to her perfume, which makes him sneeze repeatedly). And she meets three wise women who know a lot about fruitcake -- and even more about life.
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