Once Petra Hartlib unexpectedly for herself opened a bookstore in Vienna. And now fifteen years have passed—the store is thriving, but the owners’ peace is only something they dream of. On the eve of New Year’s holidays, there’s no end to visitors, mountains of books pile up everywhere, the sellers are running themselves ragged, and yet they still need to find that very cookbook for Frau L., choose gifts for Frau F’s fifteen great-grandchildren, decorate the Christmas tree, and not forget their own birthday. The second book about the Viennese bookstore plunging into pre-Christmas bustle in anticipation of Christmas. The everyday life and holidays of the owner, plus a few recipes to create the atmosphere of a Viennese Christmas.