{"product_id":"the-elves-told-me-to-adam-carter-9781694804266","title":"The Elves Told Me to Do it","description":"Seven-year-old Abi's only wish is to have her father back for Christmas. After meeting a bearded old man in the park, she returns home to find her father has been magically returned to life. Yet there are terrible consequences and Abi repeatedly returns to the supposed Father Christmas in order to rectify them. The results of her granted wish promise to scar the child for life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleven years later, Abi warns her thirteen-year-old sister Lilly not to attend a Christmas concert. In an act of defiance, Lilly enters an adult world of alcohol and boys. However, there is more going on at the festival than it appears and Lilly stumbles upon a deserted elven workshop and a giant, scarred rat determined to obtain the magic of Christmas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe following summer, Abi's psychiatrist Kaoru is attempting to convince her patient that all of these delusions are born of the psychological trauma she suffered when she was seven. Then Kaoru is thrust into a snowfield with a giant rat and no longer knows what to believe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat Christmas, Abi is working in a Santa's grotto with a young woman called Mia. Their Santa, Jacob, is paying unhealthy attention to Mia: attention which could cost her dearly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e4 interconnected stories about the true meaning of Christmas: hope, greed, faith and despair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1694804267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781694804266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Adam Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48930128003327,"sku":"9781694804266","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-elves-told-me-to-adam-carter-9781694804266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}