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The Christmas Tree (novel)
''The Christmas Tree'' is Irish author Jennifer Johnston's sixth novel, first published in 1981 by Hamish Hamilton. It has been suggested by ''The Irish Times'' as being her finest work,〔(City of Words - Dublin and its writers ), ''The Irish Times''. Retrieved 2012-09-26.〕 and was chosen by the ''Irish Independent'' to be published as one of the books its "Irish Women Writers" collection.〔(''The Christmas Tree'' by Jennifer Johnston - Books, Entertainment - Independent.ie ) By John Spain, Books Editor, Friday December 21, 2007〕 It is one of U.S. writer Lionel Shriver's favourite books〔(Lionel Shriver's 6 favorite books ) ''The Week'', Fri, Mar 23, 2012〕 and was adapted for television in 1986.〔(''The Christmas Tree'' at the Internet Movie Database ) Retrieved 2012-09-28.〕
==Plot introduction==
At the age of 45, Constance Keating a failed writer living in London, having just given birth to a daughter is told that the weakness she had been experiencing was not as a result of her pregnancy but due to Leukemia. She has returned to her childhood home in Ballsbridge a suburb of Dublin, determined to die at home and not fight the disease in hospital - much to the consternation of her sister Bibi who has agreed to look after the baby. She writes to Jacob Weinberg, a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor with whom she had a brief affair whilst on holiday in Italy to tell him he is a father and inviting him to come and take the baby away and look after it. As Christmas approaches and the disease advances she drinks whisky and the occasional painkiller under the care of Bill, her sympathetic GP and Bridie a young Catholic girl recruited by her sister. The narrative switches between her slow decline and episodes from past life including leaving Trinity College and moving to London, her literary failures, the death of her parents and prominently her short time spent with Jacob.
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