Christmas
at the Farmhouse
As the anticipation of Christmas builds in the Nielsen family’s cosy farmhouse, Jo, Magnus and their grown-up children begin to congregate for a hybrid Danish-Jersey festive season, each with a surprise of their own – though the surprise that arrives over Christmas is the most life-changing of all.
Fifty years earlier, in 1969, Susan Jones finds herself being pursued by Mr Jenners, her former English teacher, and at the age of seventeen is packed off to a Home for Unmarried Mothers in London by her uncompromising father. As Christmas approaches, all she can do is desperately hope to be rescued, but will anyone be able to reach her in time?
The two timelines of this festive story gradually weave together in a tale that examines whether love and hope can eventually triumph over even the deepest sadness.
Rebecca Boxall is the award-nominated author of five bestselling novels – Christmas at the Vicarage, Home for Winter, Christmas on the Coast, The Christmas Forest and Christmas by the Lighthouse. 
MY REVIEW:
Christmas at the Farmhouse is a beautifully written novel that was both heart wrenching and heart warming. I loved the writing, the characters, the gut punching story that broke my heart but was hopeful and exactly what I need for a wonderful Christmas story that put me in a great mood to start the holidays. A quick read that really was impactful as it was compelling - true to the time period and well researched by the author.
Boxall wrote a dual timeline story set in 1969 and then the present fifty years later during Christmas time in 2019. The story begins with Susan - young, naive and only seventeen when the unlikely happens that causes her to be sent away to a Home for Unwed Mothers. Post-war England society along with a very strict father sealed Susan's fate with her child being taken away from her and sent for adoption.
Fifty years later, we come to Jo and Magnus' story in Jersey at their farmhouse during Christmas, and their large loving family while they prepare for the festivities. A fun relatable family with their own issues to contend with but somehow able to manage through understanding and love for each other.
I am still reeling from this beautiful Christmas novella and the stunning story and characters I will certainly miss. I highly recommend this compelling read I know will warm your heart that is perfect for the holidays.
Purchase Links
UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Farmhouse-festive-author-Vicarage-ebook/dp/B08J7S6SZV
US - https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Farmhouse-festive-author-Vicarage-ebook/dp/B08J7S6SZV
Author Bio –
Rebecca Boxall was born in 1977 in East Sussex, where she grew up in a vicarage always filled with family, friends and parishioners. She now lives by the sea in Jersey with her husband, three children and Rodney the cat. She read English at the University of Warwick before training as a lawyer and also studied Creative Writing with The Writer’s Bureau. She is the bestselling author of Christmas at the Vicarage, Home for Winter, Christmas on the Coast, The Christmas Forest and Christmas by the Lighthouse and was nominated for the Romantic Novelist Association Awards in 2020.
Social Media Links –
For more information please visit her website – www.rebeccaboxall.co.uk – or her Facebook page: www.facebook.com/christmasatthevicarage.
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