A Christmas Blizzard / Garrison Keiller / 336 pages / Winter Holiday Themed Book

James and Joyce Sparrow live in a 10 room apartment on the 55th floor in Chicago.  James dreads Christmas but Joyce is eagerly awaiting its arrival and adoring its preparations. Unfortunately she comes down with stomach flu.  James receives a call from his hometown, Looseleaf, North  Dakota, causing him to fly into the teeth of a blizzard to see his dying Uncle Earl.  Stranded by the storm, he lives in a fishing shack where he encounters several unique messengers who teach him the great mysteries of life.