A Proper Family Christmas

The perfect festive stocking-filler: a heartwarming and funny novel by bestselling author Chrissie Manby.

A touching and funny novel, with a generous helping of Christmas warmth from bestselling author Chrissie Manby.

Annabel Buchanan has the perfect life. A loving husband, a beautiful house, a happy family.

So, when her daughter Izzy falls dangerously ill, Annabel will do everything she can to find the organ donor Izzy so desperately needs. And that includes tracing her own biological family. The Bensons.

The Benson family are loud, brash, and very different to what Annabel was expecting. But beneath the chaos and the drama, are they a warm and loving family at heart?

With the festive season fast approaching, it's time to see if the Bensons and Buchanans can come together to help Izzy and find a way to have a proper family Christmas. . .

Told with Chrissie Manby's classic combination of wit and charm, this feel-good family novel is the perfect book to curl up with during the winter holidays. Because you can't choose your family but you can choose to avoid them.


Praise for Chrissie Manby:
'Nothing short of brilliant' - Marie Claire
'Manby's novels are made for holidays' - Glamour
'Deliciously funny' - Heat


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