Do They Know It's Christmas Yet?
ISBN: 9798578510021
Description
When 36-year-old Tash and her younger brother Jamie stumble across a homemade ride their Grandad built before passing, they don’t expect it to work—let alone fling them back to October 1984. They arrive on the day pop star Bob Geldof saw the BBC news report that inspired the historic charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas? and the global movement that followed. Except now he never sees it. Because of them.
Reviewed on 1st February 2026
I don't remember how this book ended up on my wish list. I don't remember where I bought it from. I felt nervous going in. But I really loved it.
Two adult siblings attempt to Christmas with the rest of their chaotic family, but find a time machine in the middle of the night and transport themselves back to 1984 and really mess up the timeline.
It's a great idea. The writing feels a bit rougher than normal books that I read - it has a very informal tone, and has the feel of not having been through quite the same amount of editing. And yet somehow for once this doesn't actually detract at all.
I read most of the book on a 3-hour flight, and it felt exactly the right sort of tone and pace for this. Really fun, engaging, and distracting.