The perfect Christmas gift: three festive tales from the brilliant pen of Kate Atkinson.

'Lucy would have challenged anyone not to cry at the sight of their child in a Nativity play. Beatrice waved enthusiastically – a little too enthusiastically – at Lucy from the angelic choir.

The perfect Christmas gift: three festive tales from the brilliant pen of Kate Atkinson.

'Lucy would have challenged anyone not to cry at the sight of their child in a Nativity play. Even a sheepish Maude, even a scowling Beatrice – currently attempting a Chinese burn on an adjacent angel. A shepherd shouted something incomprehensible to Joseph. One of the Wise Men wet himself. Beatrice waved enthusiastically – a little too enthusiastically – at Lucy from the angelic choir. It was better than any religion, Lucy thought.'

From the Costa Award-winning author of LIFE AFTER LIFE