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| Tuesday, December 17 2002 | |||
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If you are anything like us, you
probably haven't finished your holiday shopping yet. Despite all that careful planning, detailed lists and the foreboding sense of dread, you've still managed to put off buying your nearest and dearest a token of your affection. Now, with only eight sleeps left till Christmas, panic is beginning to set in. |
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| Last day of Johnny Loves Rosie's end of season sale. Up to 90% off. 1st floor, 32-38 Osborn St, E1. Only until 4pm, so drop by at lunch to bag a few hair flowers or something else from the line of women's accessories. | |||
| But before you buy
that Tesco tat in bulk, help is at hand. To save you some time - and sanity
- Urban Junkies has come up with a list of the best books of the season. “Everything is Illuminated”, by 25-year-old Jonathan Safran Foer, details a young boy’s search for the woman who may have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. A classic in the making, both sensitive and humorous, it is one of those books you end up savouring, reading only a page at a time, because you never want it to end. A Booker finalist, Carol Shield's "Unless" details a mother’s anguish when her teenage daughter runs away from their quiet suburban town. Written while the author was undergoing cancer treatment, it stands out among Shield's other work, both for its surprising take on events and the political undertones simmering beneath the text. The twist at the end is sure to leave the reader emotionally gob smacked. David Baldacci's "The Christmas Train" is a soon-to-be Christmas classic. A journalist, banned from flying, must cross the US by train in order to spend Christmas with his girlfriend. His ride will leave you gasping for air between laughs and will warm your heart during the holiday season. Yann Martel’s "Life of Pi" won the Booker Prize. Enough said. Maybe keep "All Families Are Psychotic", the latest novel from Douglas Coupland - the writer best known for coining the term Generation X, for yourself. Between the sulks and screams that pepper Christmas morning (your mother weeping audibly into the cranberry and walnut stuffing, for instance) it's nice to know you can curl up and read about a family more @£$@ed up than your own. Ah, the joy of Christmas… EC |
Do you have any visitors into plungers and sink plugs who need to be entertained? Or if you yourself still haven't had the chance to see the Stomp cast work their stuff, then this is the time. Today is the last day to take advantage of the Stomp offer. Buy now to get the best available tickets for any performance until December 24 for £17.50 (save up to £20). | ||
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links: All the books featured in today's newsletter can be found at Amazon and be delivered in time for Christmas if ordered before Thursday Dec 19. |
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For your less literate siblings
(or your own indulgence) get your dose of Blahnik obsession on tap. Well,
DVD. Seasons 1 to 3 available in box sets. 
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