At the risk of sounding a little "too, too--" I have to say that for those of us of modest means, it's a challenge to find a one-of-a-kind gift for a special someone.
Here's a great opportunity for the bookish person in your life: the raffling off of an altered book in the form of a handbag.
Nothing says Christmas like Dickens, and here he is in a stylish purse, ready to make any number of fashion statements. Dickens, of course, made many statements, fashionable and otherwise, in the course of his rich, creative life.
This little number will be raffled off tonight at Norwich Night, that frisky celebration of the frolics and foibles of one of the Upper Valley's most interesting towns.
Chances are a dollar apiece, or 6 for five dollars.
Who will win this wonderful bag?
