The Workshop

by J.A. Curiazza, Tracy Curiazza (Illustrator), Meghan Kleinschmidt (Editor)

It was just your average Christmas Eve, but not for James Nicholas, who finds himself in a local hospital, bound to a bed by monitors, tubes and IVs and sporting a painful lump on his forehead. To his benefit, his assigned nurse on duty, Nurse Johnson, does her best to comfort him and encourages him to tell her his side of the story of how he wound up in the hospital and why he was so upset about that particular Christmas. James’ story of how he managed to muddle up the most important job of his life not only intrigues Nurse Johnson, but it also unearths some emotions that she had buried away for a long, long time. Follow along as James takes Nurse Johnson on a wondrous journey through some of the bizarre chapters of his life, from his smitten teenage years with his soon to be wife up until the point of sitting in that hospital room. Will Nurse Johnson feel the spirit of Christmas and eventually believe James, or will she ultimately refer him to that happy place where they send people with such convoluted stories?

174 pages, Hardcover

Published October 5, 2023