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An Almost Perfect Christmas

By: Nina Stibbe
Narrated by: Nina Stibbe
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About this listen

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of An Almost Perfect Christmas written and read by Nina Stibbe.

"I vowed from a young age never to cook a turkey and I never have - unless you count turkey mince (which you don't). I've seen the damage turkeys can do and the tyrannical hold they have over otherwise robust, rational people and my mother. My mother is not a foodie. But for as long as I can remember, once a year, she becomes possessed of a profound and desperate need to serve up a perfect roast turkey. Faced with a walk into the village though, she might think 'oh, fuck it' and decide to get a frozen one from Bejams on the 23rd and leave it to defrost in the downstairs toilet for not quite 48 hours."

From dry turkeys to Christmas pudding fires, from the perfect present for teacher to the risks and rewards of re-gifting, Nina Stibbe offers her inimitable wisdom and humour on the most wonderful time of the year.

 Christian Living Christianity Political Science Politics & Government Christmas Winter Funny

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Critic reviews

The true heir to Sue Townsend (Caitlin Moran)
Nina Stibbe is a national treasure (Jon Ronson)
Such a joy. Funny and touching, surprises and impresses. Reminds me of a clutch of my favourite books (Emma Healey on 'Paradise Lodge')
An instant classic - funny, wise, touching, entirely delightful (Marian Keyes on 'Paradise Lodge')
The funniest new writer to arrive in years (Andrew O'Hagan)
Stibbe is an unassuming comic genius
All stars
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Lovely observations by Nina as always. Laugh out loud at points. Just not long enough!

Short but sweet

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I could listen to nina narrating her books all day! It's a shame she doesn't read them all.
Chuckling all the way through. Feel like I know her or would like her if I did know her. Very comforting for some reason. Nina offers a matter of fact calm approach to cringey/uncomfortable circumstances in this and love nina.

Funny!

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I started listening to the book last Christmas in the hope it would make me laugh while
listening in the car on the way to work. Unfortunately my mind kept wandering away from the story because it didn’t grab my interest enough. I finished listening to it last week as I thought I’d give it another try but it had the same results.
If there was more feeling in the narration it may have been different.

Underwhelming

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A very funny run down of the pleasures and disappointments of family Christmases. So enjoyable.

A very British Christmas

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Great fun to listen to whilst pottering about over the festive season. Made me laugh out loud.

Excellent

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