Snow Garden and Other Stories

A lovely book of slightly magical stories happening to loosely connected people, around Christmas time. Every bit as charming and as good as her novels.

Joyce does not hesitate to infuse her stories with a little Murakami-like magic, which makes them more like fairy tales at times.

At the same time they all deal with very normal human beings, who often made mistakes and are getting a second chance to put things right. Parents and children, lovers, divorcees: it is all about trying to be a good person, and hopefully better.

Her prose is elegant and a delight to read just for the originality of her images.