Tidings: A Christmas Journey

by Ruth Padel

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Beautifully illustrated and exquisitely musical, Tidings is a poem to be read out loud and cherished.

‘Come with me
to St Pancras Old Church, on a little London hill...’


It’s Christmas Eve and on this enchanted night Charoum, the Angel of Silence, can speak. As night turns to day, he unfolds a resonant story of a little girl, a homeless man and a fox...

In the tradition of Charles Dickens and Dylan Thomas, Tidings takes us on a journey into the heart of Christmas, showing us celebrations down the ages and across the globe – as dawn sweeps from East Australia to Bethlehem, from London to the Statue of Liberty in New York.

This is Christmas in all its magic, reminding us that it is a time not only of good tidings, but of loneliness and longing, compassion and connection.

  • ISBN10 178474106X
  • ISBN13 9781784741068
  • Publish Date 3 November 2016
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 7 April 2023
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Vintage Publishing
  • Imprint Chatto & Windus
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 80
  • Language English