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Aunt Sass: Christmas Stories | P.L. Travers
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Published for the first time, here are three holiday tales by the author of Mary Poppins--a gift for all ages. P.L. Travers wrote with a signature blend of sugar and spice; her characters, including Mary Poppins, are endearing, outsized, and cozy. Her talent for capturing the perspective of children shines through Aunt Sass Christmas Stories. Each of the stories in this book was written as a holiday gift, sent to her friends and family and never published. Now her millions of readers and generations of filmgoers will recognize how she used her life story to inform her fiction. Whether it is Aunt Sass herself--who Travers admits is partly her inspiration for Poppins--or the Chinese cook whose "heathen" ways show the narrator the path to salvation, or the crass ex-jockey whose life work is not at all what it appears, the characters are unforgettable.
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PL Travers wrote three autobiographical stories in the 1940s, based on her childhood, which she gave as Christmas gifts to her friends. Her great aunt, Aunt Sass, was the inspiration for Mary Poppins.

I‘m dipping into this right now with a cup of tea in the wonderful mug gifted to me by @DinoMom in a previous swap. 😘😘

SRWCF That mug is so charming! ☺️ 3y
curiouserandcurioser @LeahBergen that book looks good-i love Mary Poppins! And that mug is so beautiful!! 3y
DinoMom I was recently gifted the same mug. Which is awesome because I was kicking myself for not buying my self one when I bought that one …lol 3y
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kspenmoll Looks like a good book to go with your tea. 3y
squirrelbrain How funny about the mug @DinoMom ! 🤣 3y
LeahBergen @SRWCF @curiouserandcurioser I love this mug! 🦉 3y
LeahBergen @DinoMom @squirrelbrain I hate it when I do that, so I know now just to buy one for myself. 😆 3y
LeahBergen @kspenmoll Perfect! 😊 3y
rubyslippersreads @DinoMom @squirrelbrain I have the same mug. 🦉 And @LeahBergen I‘ve been thinking of squeezing in this book before Christmas. 😊 3y
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Impromptu buddy read. 😆 👯‍♀️ 3y
BarbaraBB Have I missed a picture of your bookish Christmas tree or haven‘t you put up one this year 💚? 3y
LeahBergen @BarbaraBB No, you didn‘t miss it as I didn‘t do one this year. 😩 I‘ve been feeling a bit “meh” about Christmas this year and don‘t really know why? I did put up another little tree and some decorations, though. 3y
BarbaraBB I feel you. I feel a bit “meh” too. I put up a big tree filled with lights and ornaments hoping it would get rid of that feeling but 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3y
LeahBergen @BarbaraBB I know! Perhaps we‘ll feel feel a bit more Christmassy by Christmas Eve, if not… oh, well. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 😆😆 3y
MemoirsForMe How did I miss this book! Stacked! 3y
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While everyone else is reading thrillers, it‘s not too early to start #Christmas is it? I‘m loving Aunt Sass. #morningcommute

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Happy Friyay!
1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 😍
2. 3: 1 in Tennessee, 1 in NJ & 1 in Florida ❤️
3. Jersey girls say 🐜 😁
4. Raisin Bran with extra raisins 😋
5. Gladly! ✋🏻
#friyayintro
And a high-five ✋🏻 to @jesshowbooks

MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads Best book of the decade! 🙌🏻 7y
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