A Memory of Christmas Tea

Rating:
Summary: Great Book
Review: I know Tom Hegg personaly, he is a great guy. The book is very warm and sentimental. If you liked "A Cup..." you'll love this one. BUY IT PLEASE

Rating:
Summary: Great Book
Review: I know Tom Hegg personaly, he is a great guy. The book is very warm and sentimental. If you liked "A Cup..." you'll love this one. BUY IT PLEASE

Rating:
Summary: Hegg and Hanson revisit an old friend.
Review: Tom Hegg seems quite unashamed to be sentimental. Revisiting the themes of his first book, A Cup of Christmas Tea, Hegg again gently chides his reader to remember the important things in life; taking the time to take time for others is central to his work. As always with Hegg's work, this is not a poem for the cynical, or indeed for those whose poetry must be "deep". It is straightforward, and unabashedly honest. Hegg revisits his narrator's great aunt, and the message she taught him many years before, but does so in such a way that avoids being sugary sweet. Her influence, gentle but firm, prompts the narrator to make time to find Christmas within, and share a cup of Christmas Tea with "someone"...we never know who, and it doesn't really matter. If you are a fan of Hegg and Hanson's work, you will love A Memory of Christmas Tea. If you're new to this pair, read A Cup of Christmas Tea first. The echoes in words, and in Hanson's nuanced illustrations of the first book make the sequel all the richer.