Wally Lamb the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed I Know This Much Is True and She s Come Undone delivers a holiday treat with Wishin and Hopin --an unforgettable novella that captures the warmth and joy of the holiday season. Poignant and hilarious in a vein similar to Jean Shepherd s A Christmas Story and David Sedaris s The Santaland Diaries Lamb s Christmas tale focuses on a feisty parochial school fifth grader named Felix Funicello--a distant cousin of the iconic Annette!