I read this book every year just before Christmas.
Isaac the
clock maker accidentally puts a watch paper in the watch case of the
Dean of the Cathedral, Adam Asycough. The watch paper is inscribed "I
labour here with all my might, to tell the time by day or night, Then
you a lesson take by me, and serve thy God as I serve thee." Inspired
by the quotation, the Dean asks Isaac to teach him all about clocks and clock making. Once he befriends Isaac, the Dean meets other people around the town-Polly a housemaid, Job a fishmonger's apprentice, Bella the headstrong toddler grand-daughter of the Dean's lawyer, and Emma, Isaac's emotionally stunted sister. The Dean's journey from isolation within the church to community with ordinary folk is a feel-good Christmas story! 383 pages.
