Alice Wiley’s Reviews > The Christmas Bookshop > Status Update

“I’m a Quaker. We try to live with”-his hand batter around, as if looking for the right expression-“a kind of…gentle grace. Every day. So that we don’t have to make a fuss or make ourselves excited”
“Because you’re always happy like it’s Christmastime?” Said phoebe disbelievingly.
“Well, I wouldn’t know,” said Oke. “But yeah. Maybe we just try to average it out through the year.”