The Christmas Chiave

About the Book

This heartwarming tale is a compelling holiday Christmas story, set in Boston. An author of fiction, from western Massachusetts, attends a writer’s conference, where he notices that his boyhood home in the Italian North End is for sale in a Boston newspaper. Giovanni Perri revisits the nostalgic ‘listing’ and passionately desires to reacquire it, and spend Christmas with his family there, until the ‘closing’ is delayed—potentially affecting the sale. His young son, Graziano, worries that Santa won’t find him—no chimney exists. A ‘Christmas Chiave’ (key) is needed, a ‘magical key’ with poignant, nostalgic meaning and impact for the whole family.

About the Author

J.P. Polidoro, Ph.D. is the author of nine novels to date. His mysteries are New England based, and medical or murder related, often with sinister motives, incorporating his background knowledge of medical research and biology. His graduate degrees are from the University of Massachusetts, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. Dr. Polidoro is a novelist, songwriter/ performer, photographer and poet. See Amazon.com, and www.longtailpublishing.com for his other novels /books. By day, Dr. Polidoro works in the biopharmaceutical industry, in toxicology. Dr. Polidoro resides in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, with his wife and children.