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Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Your most delightful holiday listen: the sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Christmas Bookshop, from beloved Scottish author Jenny Colgan.
Christmas comes early—far too early—to McCredie’s little Old Town bookshop in Edinburgh. It’s summer, but an American production company has decided that McCredie’s is the perfect location to film a very cheesy Christmas movie. After all, who can resist the charmingly narrow historic street with its Victorian grey stone buildings and warmly lit shop windows?
Carmen Hogan, the bookshop’s manager, is amused and a bit horrified by the goings-on, but the money the studio is paying is too good to pass up. She uses the little windfall from filming to create new displays and fend off a buyout offer from an obnoxious millionaire who wants to turn McCredie’s into a souvenir shop selling kilts made in China and plastic Nessies. Still reeling slightly from a breakup, Carmen’s not particularly looking forward to the holidays. But just as snow begins to fall and the lights of Christmas blink on, all sorts of lovely new possibilities present themselves…for McCredie’s bookstore, and for Carmen herself.
What the critics say
"Narrator Eilidh Beaton wraps listeners in a warm Christmas blanket while introducing the delights of an Edinburgh holiday.... Every character becomes a person listeners will want to meet. From the tacky businessman Jackson McClockerty to Carmen's sister's roguish 'manny,' Rudi, no one escapes Beaton's attention. Beaton perfectly evokes Carmen's four nieces and nephews, in particular, officious Pippa and earnest Phoebe, who serve as sibling foils. Carmen's many worries sound both funny and heartfelt. The story, whose plot rises and falls like Edinburgh's hilly streets, is both a paean to the city and a nod to how its contemporary inhabitants find meaning during the Christmas holidays." (AudioFIle)
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- Mary T
- 2024-01-14
the diverity voices of the reader and the fresh story line of the characters. a real keeper for the Christmas Season.
Nothing! absolutely nothing was wrong for me reading two of Jenny Colgan books over a vacation.
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- David McKay
- 2023-12-08
Good feels at Christmas!
A heartwarming story to be enjoyed and savoured. Beaton does not disappoint with yet another Edinburgh tale of love and humour!
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- Lynn Blackmore
- 2023-12-24
Christmas Feels
I should have known Jenny Colgan would get me in the Christmas mood. Love this book, these characters and this series!
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