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Title: Far from the Tree by Virginia Deberry, Donna Grant, Fran L. Washington ISBN: 1-56740-381-6 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 8 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (73 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best!
Comment: I am like the other reviewer, if there were more stars, this one would definitely get it. This book is about mothers and daughters,the past, and how that can come back to you if you don't properly deal with it. I got a copy from the library, and I just couldn't wait to read about these ladies and what the big secret was. Della played a good matriach. However, she didn't deal with her past sufficiently and it comes up to bite her big time 40 plus years later. Ronnie was the proverbial little sister, wanting that dream, but not quite getting it. Celeste was a control freak, and almost lost her family to it. And Niki was good. She didn't let her mother stop her dreams despite it. Those so called friends of Celeste(whatever her name was),was not a friend,but I think that we all could have an Everett(for those of us who don't have no one) or a Lester as well. I must say,the prose in this book made you hate to see the ending.But, the story itself, is beautiful,poignant, and down home. Now, the first book these ladies wrote, I initially didn't like the slowness in the beginning, but as time went on, it got real good. This new book is a step up to better, and I look foward to more great books by these ladies.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Read!
Comment: Far From the Tree turns out to be an excellent title for this book. The old addage 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree' fits this family of women perfectly. Mother and both daughters all have secrets that have been hidden for years.
Della, strong African American mother believes in living in the here and now and gives no hint of her past. She believes in leaving well enough alone. But Della has a tale to tell and web to unweave.
Celeste, Della's oldest daughter, is strong willed and believes she knows what is best for everyone...except when it comes to her marriage...her daughter...and herself...her web is so tangled she seeks desparatly for that one loose knot.
Finally there is Ronnie, Della's baby girl. Ronnie is a aspiring actress in New York seeking that big break, 'cept the only break she knows is broke.
Destiny brings them together as their southern ancestrial house calls them home where all the secrets are shared one by one to bring a distant family closer.
Rating: 4
Summary: Wonderful Reading!
Comment: I enjoyed this book so much! The relationship between mother and daughters reminds me of my own personal interactions with my own daughters at times! It all seemed so real.
The sisters behaved just like some sisters do.....the way everything was eventually brought out in the open and the mother's coming to terms with her past was beautifully written.
This is a Great read! I recommend it.
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Title: Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Donna Grant, Virginia DeBerry ISBN: 0312288433 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 16 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: FED UP WITH THE FANNY: A NOVEL by Franklin White ISBN: 0684852012 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 22 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: He's Just a Friend by Mary B. Morrison ISBN: 1575669153 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Naughty or Nice by Eric Jerome Dickey ISBN: 0525947760 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 27 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Another Man's Wife : A Novel by Shonda Cheekes ISBN: 1593090080 Publisher: Strebor Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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