02277cam a2200349 i 4500 361276895 TxAuBib 20181113120000.0 180910s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2018184661 9780778308416 26.99 0778308413 26.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda Anthony, Gretchen. Evergreen tidings from the Baumgartners [BOOK] / Gretchen Anthony. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Park Row Books, [2018] 356 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes reader's guide. "A novel"--Jacket. "Dearest loved ones, far and near--evergreen tidings from the Baumgartners! Violet Baumgartner has opened her annual holiday letter the same way for the past three decades. And this year she's going to throw her husband, Ed, a truly perfect retirement party, one worthy of memorializing in her upcoming letter. But the event becomes a disaster when, in front of two hundred guests, Violet learns her daughter Cerise has been keeping a shocking secret from her, shattering Violet's carefully constructed world. In an epic battle of wills, Violet goes to increasing lengths to wrest back control of her family, infuriating Cerise and snaring their family and friends in a very un-Midwestern, un-Baumgartner gyre of dramatics. And there will be no explaining away the consequences in this year's Baumgartner holiday letter...Full of humor, emotion and surprises at every turn, Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners brings to life a remarkable cast of quirky, deeply human characters who must learn to adapt to the unconventional, or else risk losing one another. This is the story of a family falling to pieces--and the unexpected way they put it all back together. 20181113. Letters Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Husbands Retirement Fiction. Parties Fiction. Christmas stories. Domestic fiction.