For the first time in years the well to do Birch family are all together to celebrate Christmas in their isolated country house. Food critic Andrew, his wife Emma, and daughter Phoebe are undergoing an enforced quarantine in the sprawling family home with their oldest daughter, Olivia who has just returned from Liberia where she has been working for an aid agency as a doctor treating Haag, a contagious and potentially deadly Ebola type virus.
Unused to spending so much time together, tensions rise as the family do their best to enjoy the festive celebrations while each having some sort of secret they are hiding from one another. Add a couple of gate crashing guests and things get even more interesting....
Oh, this book is dying to be made into a feel good holiday Richard Curtis like film!
It is mostly humourous and lighthearted, although it's not without a few darker moments, and it is very English in feel. It is peopled by likeable characters and of course it goes without saying that Christmas doesn't go quite as planned.
Seven Days of Us is an easy, entertaining, and relaxing read that would be perfect to indulge in whilst sitting around a roaring fire over the Christmas holidays.
Recommended as a light hearted read (especially at Christmas!)
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