Tinsel: A Search for America's Christmas Present (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780547394565)

In "Tinsel, " Hank Stuever turns his unerring eye for the idiosyncrasies of modern life to Frisco, Texas--a suburb at once all-American and completely itself--to tell the story of the nation's most over-the-top celebration: Christmas. Stuever's tale begins on the blissful easy-credit dawn of Black Friday, as he jostles for bargains among the crowds at the big-box stores. From there he follows Frisco's true believers as they navigate through three years of holiday drama. Tammie Parnell is the proprietor of "Two Elves with a Twist," a company that decks the halls of other people's McMansions. Jeff and Bridgette Trykoski spend eleven months preparing the visible-from-space, awe-inspiring light display they stage on their lawn each December. And single mother Caroll Cavazos, a devout churchgoer, hopes that the life-affirming moments of the season can transcend her everyday struggles. "Tinsel" is a humane, revealing, and very funny portrait of one community's quest to discover a more perfect holiday amidst the frenzied, mega-churchy, shoparific world of Christmas.

Author: Hank Stuever
ISBN-10: 054739456X
ISBN-13: 9780547394565
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d