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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/132/ [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/132/] to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: When Christmas Lights Are Blue Author: Harper Fox Narrator: Tim Gilbert Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 01-02-18 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Romance, LGBT Publisher's Summary: Rob and Karan are a great couple, but they're tearing apart under the pressures of modern life. They both work as paramedics for the NHS, and just before Christmas, their plans for the future are in jeopardy. Rob knows he's on thin ice with the man he loves more than anyone else in the world, and he's at a loss to fix it. The job is getting tougher, and Karan, who's of Sikh descent, is facing violence on the streets in the wake of Britain's decision to leave the EU. Financial problems, hostile families on both sides.... Their troubles seem insoluble. An emergency callout stops them on the brink of a final and heartbreaking row. In a forest on the bleak northern hills, Rob loses control of the van in the snow. The only gleam of light comes from a strange, lonely house among the trees. Lost, cut off from the world they know, can they find their way back to one another? It's the longest night of the year, and spirits are abroad among the pines.... Members Reviews: Harper Fox has given us a haunting tale of love and honesty and the importance of holding on to ... When Christmas Lights are Blue By Harper Fox Fox Tales, 2016 Five stars True to her own wild spirit, Harper Fox has given us a haunting tale of love and honesty and the importance of holding on to the good things. Karan Batra and Robert Jackson have been a couple since they were in training school. But they never counted on Brexit and the overt racism it would release, or on the stress of being an EMT and constantly dealing with the aftermath of car crashes. Just as their relationship seems to be cracking up, a solstice eve call to a remote cottage in the woods takes Karan and Rob on a voyage of discovery; a voyage that reminds them of a simple, elusive truth: when the world gets too ugly, donât give up on what matters most. As always, Fox creates an atmosphere that seeps into our souls as we read. There is an unusual collision of past and present, an acknowledgement of contemporary reality that seems to be particularly British, but is in fact applicable to the USA and indeed much of the world today. Here is not so much a âChristmas storyâ as a little fable for our times. Left me teary-eyed This was hard to read. Ostensibly, this is just a sweet little story about a couple struggling through a few issues. At its core though, it's a piece about grief. The way the face of our world has changed and how we cope with that change. It manages in a remarkably short space to paint a picture of the Northeast of England, post-coal, post-Brexit, with issues of class and race, which cut a little too close to the bone for me. It's really well done. Thanks for writing this Ms Fox, I needed to read it. When the ghost of Christmas past wears a Christmas sweater A clever, sweet, chilling, and beautiful take on The Ghost of Christmas Past and their brethren. In this version, we get an elderly woman in a Christmas sweater, a photo album, snow drifts, and some sherry that keep things grounded while simultaneously hinting at what's really going on. The cold of Christmas time can invade inside and out. In less than 50 pages, Fox gives us rather fully fleshed out characters, including supporting, and their lives come loaded with humor, loss, caring, and love.
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