Description

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In this second volume of the Better Next Year collection of true stories, discover more dashed holiday hopes, Christmas catastrophes, and slender, heartbreaking shards of joy.

Upon A Midnight Clear brings together emerging authors from across the country who share their experiences of Christmases gone wrong. These tales--sometimes funny, sometimes sad, always poignant--celebrate the spirit of the season and will warm your heart on even the coldest night.

About the Author

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JJ Lee is the author of The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son and a Suit (2011), a finalist for the Governor General's, Hilary Weston Writers' Trust and Charles Taylor prizes for non-fiction. His essays have appeared in publications including Elle, Montecristo, The Georgia Straight, Canadian Architect and more. He currently mentors a non-fiction workshop at Simon Fraser University's The Writer's Studio and previously edited Better Next Year: An anthology of Christmas Epiphanies (2023). He lives in New Westminster, BC.