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Title details for On Strike for Christmas by Sheila Roberts - Available

On Strike for Christmas

A Novel

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by Sheila Roberts
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When a group of women decide to boycott Christmas, the protest snowballs into a major holiday emergency in this heartwarming novel.
At Christmastime, it seems as though a woman's work is never done. Trimming the tree, mailing the cards, schlepping to the mall, the endless wrapping—bah humbug! So this year, Joy and Laura and the rest of their knitting group decide to go on strike. If their husbands and families want a nice holiday—filled with parties, decorations, and presents—well, they'll just have to do it themselves.
The boycott soon takes on a life of its own when a reporter picks up the story and more women join in. But as Christmas Day approaches, Joy, Laura, and their husbands confront larger issues in their marriages and discover that a little holiday magic is exactly what they need to come together.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Holly

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 2, 2024

  • Formats

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    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781429922517

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781429922517
      • File size: 530 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 13, 2007
      Roberts’s sweetly vengeful dig at do-nothing husbands follows a smalltown knitting club of wives who are sick and tired of toiling over elaborate Christmas preparations that their husbands don’t appreciate. As they go on strike, the women try to stay in solidarity, while the husbands plan retaliation at the hardware store. Roberts revels in detailing the husbands’ awkward, often disastrous handling of tasks their wives habitually do for Christmas (taking the kids to see Santa, planning the party, doing up the house). By the end of this gently feminist sendup, each side learns to be grateful for the other’s efforts.

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from October 1, 2007
      Laura is tired of doing everything around the house while her husband watches TV. Joy is sick of giving in to her grumpy husband but never getting to do what she wants. When they decide to go on strike at Christmastime to teach their spouses a lesson, members of their knitting club are eager to join in. Soon enough, the newspaper picks up the story, and women all over town are giving up on going overboard at Christmas. The harried husbands are in charge of everything, from the school pageant to parties to presents, with hilarious results. Holiday recipes are included. A fun and festive debut; for all women's fiction collections.

      Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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