She’s recently divorced and all alone so on a whim, she books a flight to the Pacific Northwest. It’s Christmastime time but Joy Candellaro is feeling anything but festive. It’s heartfelt and moving, plus I loved that it was set during the holiday season. I personally really enjoyed Comfort & Joy. I like magical realism in contemporary stories-when they are done right, they’re very impactful. You have to or otherwise, you’re utterly confused as what is presented in the novel. I saw several negative reviews of the book and I think people might have had different expectations-especially with how Kristin presents her historical fiction novels as they are full of epic storytelling and trying to stay true to the era of the novel.īut contemporary fiction with magical realism asks you to suspend disbelief and throw cynicism out the door. But this one also has a huge dose of magical realism, which is something that is getting quite popular now but not as much so back in 2005. This is when she focused more on contemporary-style fiction rather than the historical fiction she’s known for now. Kristin wrote Comfort & Joy back in 2005.
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