The Christmas Mouse & No Holly for Miss Quinn are two novellas by Miss Read. These are sweet, old-fashioned Christmas stories, that were originally published in the 1970s. The stories tell the tales village life in rural England.
In The Christmas Mouse, old Mrs. Berry is settling in for Christmas Eve when her peace is disturbed by two little visitors. Mrs. Berry copes delightfully with her Christmas mice and her daughter and granddaughters as well.
In No Holly for Miss Quinn, executive assistant and spinster, Miss Quinn, is jolted out of her longed for solitary Christmas celebration by an urgent call from her brother Lovell. Soon Miss Quinn is up to her ears in the the hubbub of domestic dramas as she helps care for her pastor brother's family during the Christmas holidays while her sister-in-law is in the hospital.
No earthquakes, no explosions, no dark family secrets to reveal, just two sweet little Christmas stories to remind you of days gone by and give you a good dose of village life and old-fashioned Christmas Spirit.
I listen to them on audio every December.
For more Christmas stories may I suggest:
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford
Matchless: A Christmas Story by Gregory Maguire
For even more Christmas tales search your library catalog for "Christmas Stories."
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