02112cam a2200337 i 4500 1651016744 TxAuBib 20241009120000.0 240308s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781335008404 hardcover 1335008403 hardcover TxAuBib rda Mallery, Susan, author. One big happy family / Susan Mallery. Toronto, Ontario : Canary Street Press, 2024. Toronto, Ontario : Canary Street Press, 2024. 316 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Julie Parker's kids are her greatest gift. Still, she's not exactly heartbroken when they ask to skip a big Christmas. Her son, Nick, is taking a belated honeymoon with his bride, Blair, while her daughter, Dana, will purge every reminder of the guy who dumped her. Again. Julie feels practically giddy for one-on-one holiday time with Heath, the (much) younger man she's secretly dating. But her plans go from cozy to chaotic when Nick and Dana plead for Christmas at the family cabin in memory of their late father, Julie's ex. She can't refuse, even though she dreads their reactions to her new man when they realize she's been hiding him for months. As the guest list grows in surprising ways, from Blair's estranged mom to Heath's precocious children, Julie's secret is one of many to be unwrapped. Over this delightfully complicated and very funny Christmas, she'll discover that more really is merrier, and that a big, happy family can become bigger and happier, if they let go of old hurts and open their hearts to love. 20241009. Man-Woman Relationships Fiction. Single mothers Fiction. Secrecy fiction. Families Fiction. Parent and adult child Fiction. Christmas Fiction. Romance fiction. fast Domestic fiction. fast