Your holiday read

Need a book to curl up with this Christmas? Sophie Kinsella’s Christmas Shopaholic is the perfect amount of light-hearted fun to distract you from the heat and family madness this festive season. You’ll remember her from The Girl With The Green Scarf, made into the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic with Isla Fischer. Becky Brandon adores Christmas. It’s always the same – Mom and Dad hosting, carols playing, Mom pretending she made the Christmas pudding, and the next-door neighbours coming round for sherry in their terrible festive jumpers. But this year’s different. Becky’s parents are moving to ultra-trendy Shoreditch and have asked Becky if she’ll host Christmas this year. What could possibly go wrong? With sister Jess demanding a vegan turkey, husband Luke determined he just wants aftershave again, and little Minnie insisting on a very specific picnic hamper – surely Becky can manage all this, as well as the surprise appearance of an old boyfriend and his pushy new girlfriend, whose motives are far from clear. Will Becky manage to bring comfort and joy to Christmas? Get it for R290 at Exclusive Books.