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Title: She Flew the Coop: A Novel Concerning Life, Death, Sex, and Recipes in Limoges, Louisiana by Michael Lee West ISBN: 0-06-092620-1 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (63 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Sweet but a Little too Lingering
Comment: Being a displaced Southerner, I'm a sucker for books about life in the South. While this book is sweetly written, I found it a little too sugar sweet and about 100 pages too long. For some reason, I expected more scandal than actually happened. I thought the whole town would erupt, but instead only a few families were truly involved.
Ms. West has a really sweet writing style, and I think this book would make for a great summer beach read except for the fact its 425 pages long. I like the way the recipes are interwoven into the story. And I like the way Ms. West describes her characters. I never could get a real image of Vangie Nepper in my head. Every time I read someone's view of her, the image changed. Was she fat, just 5 pounds overweight, extremely gray and wrinkled, or aging gracefully with the help of a little hair dye?????
Also, don't be surprised by the crude sex running rampant through the book. Some folks may view it in direct opposition to the southern "manners" tone of the book but I think that's the whole point of it...
Rating: 4
Summary: Limoges is a town of gossip and scandal
Comment: West has created dysfunctional characters that are nosy and gossipy (I see people I know in this town...)
Olive Nepper is a teen who drinks poison to end her life because she is pregnant by the Baptist minister in town. This event and her ensuing coma, has the tongues wagging in town. The characters have a shallow and somewhat pitiful existence. We get to know Olive's parents, and their sadness as they endure their daughter's coma. We watch as their housekeeper Sophie, experiences spousal abuse at its worst.
We meet DeeDee, the town tramp, who is searching for an escape from her unhappy marriage. DeeDee's daughter Billie, who is not yet 10, is the wisest and most delightful character in the book.
West has included Southern recipes to pique our culinary interests which enhances the flavour of this story of living in Louisiana.
If you like a soap opera style story, then "She Flew the Coop" is for you. I give this book 4 stars.
Rating: 5
Summary: Mercy!!!!
Comment: This book has all the things found in a small southern town, sex, spousal abuse, gossip, town tramp etc. The graphic sex scene was a bit much for me, but the story overall was great. I grew up in the area of the fictional town of Limoges & found myself wishing it were a real town. If you like southern lit. this one is a winner.
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Title: Crazy Ladies by Michael Lee West ISBN: 0060977744 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 28 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: American Pie: A Novel by Michael Lee West ISBN: 0060984333 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Bingo Queens of Paradise by June Park ISBN: 0060931280 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Consuming Passions: A Food-Obessed Life by Michael Lee West ISBN: 0060984422 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Patty Jane's House of Curl by Lorna Landvik ISBN: 0804114609 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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