The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

Description: When the widow McDowell and her son Thomas knock at Jonathan Toomey's door one winter's day, they receive a frosty reception. For Jonathan keeps himself to himself – Mr. Gloomy, the children call him. What no one knows, though, is that he was once a happy man with a wife and baby and it is grief at their deaths which has made him so hard and cold. Would the carver make a set of nativity figures for Christmas, the widow asks, and could her son watch him work? Jonathan agrees to her request (albeit gruffly), and thus begins a miracle that will see the warming of his sad, icy heart.

P.J. Lynch's beautifully rich, full-page paintings complement perfectly this moving and memorable Christmas tale.

Terracotta boards with gilt text on spine. Slight damage near head of spine, otherwise like new. The jacket is unclipped ("£9.99 UK Only") and features miniature b&w portraits of the author and illustrator on the rear flap.

Rare to find a copy this good.

Measures 26 cm × 28 cm 10.4″ × 11.2″). Landscape 4to. Unpaginated.

Price: £18.95