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Summary: Such a Surprise
Review: Characters that gently flow with each changing of the season. There was a soothing quality to the pace of the story that the reader absorbs, especially from the elderly characters. Scenes are centered around the cycle of nature so anyone who has gardened, lived on a farm or had a parent to care for, will especially appreciate the manner in which life and people are shown. I closed the book gently with a sigh and wanted more.
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Summary: Of Dominickers, Electric fans, typopgraphy and love
Review: When I began the audio edition of this book, I was taken aback by Bailey White's whispery, "old lady" voice, which still surprises me. But in short order it became clear that her voice and her fictional world blended perfectly and only added to the beauty of the tale. I may, of course, as a long-time resident of Tallahassee, FL, be biased, but I was charmed by the eccentric backwoodsiness of the book's characters. We come to know the bird artist who throws out her possessions as an inspiration to her painting; the fan-man, to whom a 1910 GE electric fan represents perfection; the typographer, who values the juxtaposition of letters more than his wife; Roger, the peanut expert whose portrait between two peanut plants is a recurring theme in the book; and of course the several charming old ladies whose knowledge of south Georgia flora and fauna is encyclopedic. But none of these brief descriptions really give the rich, delicious flavor of the world in which all these folk live. Any one of these characters would enrich an ordinary book. To find them all in one place is extraordinary. This slim volume has been criticized for lack of plot, but I think the plot is rich and deep. It is not, however, a dramatic, fast-paced, "page turner" type plot. Rather, we are given a glimpse into one year in the life of an extraordinary community. When the year is ended, life in the community goes on, no better and no worse than before, but unfortunately, without an audience to drink it in.
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Summary: I want to be these peoples neighbor!
Review: I just adored it! I've given several copies away as gifts. It just cracked me up! In subtle ways it has influenced me. I only eat free range chickens now and I swear to god I put notes on some of the things I left at the dump! You should read "When Momma Makes Up Her Mind" too!
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Summary: Just Vapid
Review: This is a vapid book about the superficial lives and inane conversations of people in Southern Georgia. It may appear charming to some , but anyone who has truly experienced life in Northwest Florida or Southern Georgia , with it's legacy of hate and ignorance will hardly find any meat in the story or any depth to the characters. Just because the author can write doesn't mean she has anything to say. The characters are flat, one dimensional and the humor cartoonish. It is niether entertaining,nor enlightening. It was drugery to read it.There were several factual errors as well. There are no fireflies in Southern Georgia and it rarely if ever gets to 15 degrees in December in Tallahasse or Southern Ga.
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Summary: Very odd
Review: I don't really know what to say about this book. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. As a matter of fact, it wasn't really a book. No plot, no climax, no resolution, no nothing. The humor is quite blah. It reads more like a play if you ask me. The characters were very quirky and eccentric, but I felt Ms. White could have made them funnier. Their qualities were hilarious, but she never talked much about them, just let us know they existed. I am only keeping this book because I like the cover.
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Summary: I loved it, it took me right back to North Florida!
Review: Bailey White's latest is a masterful recreation of the people and places that make up the North Florida, South Georgia region. Her sense of place is sure and strong and her words took me right back to places I have known and loved. Sure, not much happens in the book, but the people were mostly real for me and I empathized with their frailties and shortcomings in their attempts to care about each other. I found the book relaxing and evocative of another way of life.
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Summary: The low-key humor saves any shortcomings in the plot.
Review: During a stressful week, I was listening to this book on tape in my car and it never failed to bring a smile to my face. Well, actually it made me laugh out loud. The humor just sneaks up on you without pretense. Those who don't like this book would probably buy the "brick veneer house with the eagles." If you grew up in a rural area, north or south, you will recognize the folks in this book. There isn't much plot, but it doesn't seem to matter in the end.
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Summary: It was a waste of hard earned money
Review: Horribly fragmented, zero plot and I have no idea what the characters look like, in my minds eye, because there were no desciptions. Very disappointing reading.
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Summary: This book is SLOW!!!
Review: I thought it would be interesting to read into the lives of small town America....this was a bad choice. Although it had it's nice moments..they were VERY few and far between. I found the narrative to be slow...and I never got a chance to really know the characters.
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Summary: Very confusing characters
Review: I just finished reading the book. It was slow and probably like real southern country life. But I had to be wide awake to read it because there were so many characters introduced and I regularly got confused as to which was which. The author never developed any character in any depth.
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