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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DROWNING OF ARTHUR BRAXTON, NOW AN AWARD-WINNING FILM, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY LUKE CUTFORTH
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‘I’m just so in love with Caroline Smailes’ writing. I laughed, I cried, I’m in the festive spirit and I definitely believe in St Nick’ -- Carrie Hope Fletcher
‘Not only is it a beautiful read in itself, the issues contained within resonated in many ways & possibly helped me better approach an inevitably tough Christmas ahead. Thank you for sharing. Its depth, heart & humour make it a must read novel, a festive message worth sharing’ -- Johnny Vegas
‘From someone born and bred in a working class scouse family- I feel represented by Theo Quirke’ -- @Urban Bookworm
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Theodora Quirke has no reason to be merry.
It's bad enough that she has to work on Christmas Eve but now there's a drunk bloke dressed as Santa and claiming to be St Nick hanging around outside her flat. Given he's professing to be the giver of Christmas miracles and nearly 2000 years old, she's wary.
Things get even more weird when St Nick insists he's there to save Theo. And with the next St Nicholas Day somehow fast approaching, he's even got a plan that'll change her life forever.
It all seems pretty straightforward, apart for one awkward fact:
Theodora Quirke doesn't actually need saving.
A Christmas Carol meets Stranger Things in this funny, sweary and moving festive story!
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PRAISE FOR THEODORA QUIRKE
'It has aspects of It’s A Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol but with more swearing and Northern humour. The shining light of this book is the belief that no matter how bad things get, they will get better. It is the perfect story for Christmas, especially this year'
-- The Publishing Post
'I've said it many times before, Caroline Smailes is MAGIC! And Theodora Quirke proves it. The best book I have read this year! 12/10 (my highest rating EVER!)'
-- @Tishylou
'Clever and inventive, ballsy and beautiful A remarkable, funny, truly redemptive read. I flippin' loved it!'
-- Miranda Dickinson
'A cracking Christmas story full of warmth, wisdom and deliciously sweary Northern characters'
-- Alex Brown, author of The Great Christmas Knit Off
'Beautifully written, full of Northern humour (and soul), somehow both magical and down-to-earth, The Unwrapping Of Theodora Quirke is a cracker'
-- Keris Stainton, author of The Bad Mothers' Book Club
Caroline Smailes acclaimed debut novel, In Search of Adam, was published in 2007 (The Friday Project/HarperCollins). The Big Issue North declared the book 'an engrossing and touching read from a new talent'. Caroline's subsequent novels include Black Boxes, international bestseller Like Bees to Honey, an experimental digital novel with eleven endings, 99 Reasons Why; and modern-day fairy tale The Drowning of Arthur Braxton; (all HarperCollins). The film of The Drowning of Arthur Braxton; is in post-production, with an expected 2020 release. Caroline lives in the North West of England. She is also known as Caroline Wallace, author of The Finding of Martha Lost (Transworld).
