Review:I really liked this story. it has poignancy, tenderness, and some wonderful folksy humor. The characters are well-drawn and believable. I particularly liked the flashbacks which helped develop the 'Baby Girl' character in the reader's understanding. Read more

Review:flagg has lost her ability. her books have become boring rehashes of each other. southern women in traditional roles involved in the same old southern claptrap as nearly every other story involving southern women. her first books were original, fun and interesting, now they are merely the same book over and over and over again. Read more

Review:i'm afraid that i was uncomfortable with this book although the story is good and the characters are fun. i had just finished reading another book that focused on another dysfunctional family and i was about done with the South in the 50's . while i think that as a nation we have a long way to go to have any sort of race equality, the language of that time was offensive and i'm please that is not our frame of reference. Also, two drunk fathers who did nothing to raise the morale or fortunes of ... Read more

Review:Fannie Flagg has written another big hit! I have read all of her books and always look forward to the next one. Her stories are homey and depict life and times that seem to be lost now. She has a "down home" style and tells stories about very colorful characters. I hope she continues to write in her own style...with humor and charm. Read more

Review:I hardly know what to write! This book touched so many chords in my heart - loving, caring people making a family from chaos and distress. In our current times, it's wonderful to find a book where everyone is accepted for themselves, with gender, nationality, color all being so secondary to individuals. Read it - it's refreshing. Read more

Review:This book was funny and light-hearted though often poignant. The characters were likable and relatable in that I've known many people over the years who had a little of Elner's niece Norma, or her neighbor Tot Whooten, or friend Luther Griggs, in them. Just a sweet story and fun read that made me smile - a lot! Read more

Review:This was a very interesting and captivating read. I actually listened to this on audio book and it was very well done.

Nick and Allie are two passengers in different cars that collide in a head-on collision. When they wake they find that they are in the forest beside where the car accident happened. Watching over them is a boy named Leaf. Leaf informs them that they have been sleeping for 6 months and are in Everlost and are now Afterlights. Afterlights are kids who didn't quite make... Read more

Review:We have the entire series available to date in paperback. I'm waiting for the next book to see how Rudy's daughter develops. The plot of this book was interesting, but not particularly surprising, with the hints in the previous book. Read more

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A review of the latest entry in a long-running series is probably one of the hardest to write. There is a lot of summarizing of the entire series, and even if you want to recommend the individual novel, you usually have to warn people they may want to start at the beginning of the series rather than with this specific book. Luckily, Prince of Outcasts by SM Stirling gave us something that is able to stand on its own somewhat and has taken the Emberverse series ... Read more