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HPPR Radio Readers Book Club Holiday Tradition

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Monday, December 23, 2024 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Aired twice, this holiday tradition features a two-hour conversation with author Thomas Fox Averill who discusses his book A Carol Dickens Christmas.

It's Christmas, and Carol Dickens's life is in major transition. Her son Finn, a talented trumpet player, is about to leave for college. Her ex-husband, a real-estate wheeler-dealer, wants to sell their properties in Kansas and move to Arizona. Her wheelchair-bound friend, Laurence, has fallen in love with her. To top it all off, Scraps, the family dog, is dying. As her world spins out of control, Carol seeks refuge in her research on the use of the semicolon--and in her ritual of cooking the perfect series of Victorian holiday meals inspired by A Christmas Carol.

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Thomas Fox Averill's "A Carol Dickens Christmas" - Hour 2

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Kathleen Holt has served High Plains Public Radio—in one way or another—since its inception in 1979. She coordinates the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club.