{"title":"Ian Sansom","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"december-stories-i","title":"December Stories I","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe mix of emotions - anticipation, frustration, heartfelt despair, joyful ecstasy and uncertainty - associated with the Christmas period is laid bare in Ian Sansom's latest collection of short stories. However, it is not a despairing collection. Nor is it all reindeer, eggnog and happy times  that would be just too fictional. A festive collection to make readers stop and think about the nuanced difference between expectation - false and hopeful - and reality. And to wonder how we ever survive this most brutal and magical month.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSansom's stories take us on a multitude of familiar journeys made new: the nativity play; the teacher's Christmas appeal; a Polaroid moment where 1970s Florida meets The Clash; imaginary sash windows; beards; poets; festive apparel; aging drug dealers; professional thieves; airports; the overzealous use of cellophane\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263944081702,"sku":"december-stories-i","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/e5abb30b-a678-499d-b638-caa1633c3dbb.jpg?v=1701089081"}],"url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/collections\/ian-sansom.oembed","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}