{"product_id":"christmas-at-cold-comfort-farm-9780143120117","title":"Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm","description":"Available for the first time since its original publication more than fifty years ago, \u003ci\u003eChristmas at Cold Comfort Farm\u003c\/i\u003e is a charming collection whose hilarious title story features Christmas dinner with the Starkadders before Flora's arrival. With Adam playing Santa while draped in Mrs. Starkadders's shawls, the family shares their traditional \"Christmas pudding\"-a m lange containing random objects of doom foretelling the coming year: a coffin nail for death, a bad sixpence for financial ruin, and a menthol cone to indicate that the lucky recipient will go \"blind wi' headache.\" These lively tales will delight anyone who loves Stella Gibbons and her signature wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStella Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-1989) was a prolific novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in London, she married the actor and singer, Allan Webb, and worked for various newspapers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Evening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409740435730,"sku":"9780143120117","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b324ed54-fd7f-44ed-8040-fe84ffb0c980.jpg?v=1729293405","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/christmas-at-cold-comfort-farm-9780143120117","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}