Wishin’ and Hopin’
Author(s): Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb, the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much Is True, and Shes Come Undone, delivers a holiday treat with Wishin and Hopinan unforgettable novella that captures the warmth and joy of the holiday season. Poignant and hilarious, in a vein similar to Jean Shepherds A Christmas Story and David Sedariss The Santaland Diaries, Lambs Christmas tale focuses on a feisty parochial school fifth grader named Felix Funicelloa distant cousin of the iconic Annette!
Review(s):
In the hands of Wally Lamb, what emerges isnt an apology but a celebration of life…Felix makes a hilarious guide through a story that whirs right along.
Lambs rich panoply of details…render this novel first-rate escapism just begging for a comforter and a cup of tea.
Warmly, sweetly retro
Lamb gets Felixs voice just right, and he does a spot-on job of evoking the special joys and trials of parochial school in the 60s
Lambs vividly detailed portrait of the 1960s and the inner workings of a Catholic schoolboys mind puts his first Christmas book on par with his previous three novels.
Lamb…proves he can be short, sweet and funny
Wishin and Hopin from Wally Lamb reminds us of what innocence was like.
Both heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funnya cast of characters that are both uproarious and unforgettablea poignant reminder that family and friends are the greatest gift of all.
We might as well call Wally Lamb the man with the golden pen…[Wishin and Hopin] will leave you laughing and thinking nostalgically about your own school days and holidays past
Lamb is a very good writer, and Wishin and Hopin is a charming read with a genuinely funny ending.
ISBN:9780061950261
