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Title: The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle by Lois Battle ISBN: 0-14-200036-1 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (28 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Couldn't put down!
Comment: VERY VERY GOOD read! You won't be disappointed with this book! Wish it didn't have to end! I don't type reviews telling the story line, just my opinions of the book. So order this book, you won't regret it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Real and believable
Comment: My aunt was actually one of these women in this book. Well, not literally, but she might as well have been. She worked for years in a "mill" (think Norma Rae) and was unceremoniously given a pink slip one day. With her husband dead and three children to support, she had little hope and a whole lot of debt.
I loved this story, being able to relate to it, having grown up in the South and around these types of people. For me it was an easy read, something like a cross between FRIED GREEN TOMATOES and PLACES IN THE HEART. Also recommended: Welcome to the world, The Bark of the Dogwood, and Steel Magnolias
Rating: 2
Summary: Almost a Good Novel...Could Make a Great Movie
Comment: I was intrigued by the charming title and cozy cover picture; however, after reading the book, I felt disappointed and mislead.
I expected to read about ladies from varied backgrounds, sharing a common talent (perhaps sewing?), exchanging life stories and learning life lessons with touching heartbreak and humor.
Instead, I found myself reading a somber - sometimes preachy - story centered upon a vapid account of a woman's life following a divorce.
The character development is slow, stale, and lacks the depth one would expect to find in a novel spanning an impressive 358 pages.
Many of those pages are spent perpetuating Southern stereotypes and cliches. Contrary to the title, the entire group of characters rarely come together except for a couple of brief meetings, and the "sewing circle" consumes approximately one chapter.
Bonnie and the ladies are from different ends of the culture spectrum. When they are thrown together by circumstance, there is no exchange of wisdom or experience as one may expect. The relationship interaction between the ladies is superficial and leaves the reader unfulfilled. It almost felt as though the author "bit of more than she could chew" in the number of characters she introduced. In fact, some of the characters that peak the interest of the reader inexplicably fade from the story, are written out of the novel altogether, or are introduced too late.
Overall, I was left with a lack of closure. When I completed the book, I actually wondered if I may have accidentally picked up the first novel of a series.
With the painstaking attention paid to scenery, characters' facial expressions and actions, the novel reads much like a screenplay.
The idea has marvelous "chick flick" potential: In the right hands, these characters may someday spring to life in an enjoyable movie.
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Title: Bed & Breakfast by Lois Battle ISBN: 0140259112 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani ISBN: 0345445848 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Big Stone Gap : A Novel by Adriana Trigiani ISBN: 0345438329 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani ISBN: 0345445856 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Lucia, Lucia : A Novel by Adriana Trigiani ISBN: 1400060052 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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