| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 19 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Ray Porter. |
| Summary |
When Stuever's narrative begins, he's standing in line with the people waiting to purchase flat-screen TVs at Best Buy on Black Friday, the opening of the Christmas shopping season. From there he follows a number of key residents of Frisco, Texas, as they navigate through the nativity and all its attendant crises: Tammy Parnell, an eternally optimistic suburban mother and proprietor of "Two Elves with a Twist," a company that decorates other people's houses for Christmas; Jeff and Bridgett Trykoski, owners of that one house every town has, the house visible from space with the brightest and most awe-inspiring Christmas decorations; and single mother and Bank of America employee Caroll Cavazos, who hopes that the life-affirming moments of Christmas might overcome the struggles of the rest of the year. Steuver's portraits are at once humane, heartfelt, revealing-and very, very funny. Tinsel is a compelling tale of our half-trillion-dollar holiday, measuring what we've become against the ancient rituals of what we've always been. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Frisco (Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
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Stuever, Hank -- Homes and haunts.
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Christmas -- Texas -- Frisco.
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Frisco (Tex.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Porter, Ray, 1965-
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982430016 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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198243001X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10026135 |
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