Six of One

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Summary: Witty, funny , and memorable; don't miss it!
Review: Outrageous, brilliant, and hilariously funny, this book would make a curmudgeon laugh! Through Louise and Julia and their friends and neighbors, Brown takes us indoors in a small southern town, where propriety is gleefully tossed aside. With life-long rivalries, underhanded tricks, and a ribald limerick thrown in, this book will keep you chuckling long past the last page.

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Summary: Quintessential Southern women!
Review: Over the years, I have read this book 3 times, the characters becoming more like family each time. Brown captures the humor of these early "steel magnolias", the rich tapestry of their lives, in a way that will make you laugh, cry and carry them with you for many years. Any time I am observed reading this book in public, the comments I receive reaffirm the sisterhood the book engenders. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Reality shown hanging, in all it's twisting honesty
Review: Rita Mae Brown has written a modern classic about the vagaries of life itself and the interaction of various people throughout life and from a variety of perspectives. It is easy to love the characters in this book, mainly because they are presented as well rounded and complete people, but also because we see in them members of our own lives. I read constantly and from all genres of writing, without any doubt this is my favorite book of the thousands I have read. I first read "Six of One" twenty years ago and am right now waiting for my fifth copy from the bookstore. I wore the pages out of the others amid much laughter and tears.

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Summary: Hilarious and poignant, it's a small literary masterpiece
Review: Rita Mae Brown's hysterically funny look at family relationships and Southern small town whackiness is a true delight. Her characters are unforgettable: Celeste, Cora, Jutts and Wheezie will become dear friends if not slightly demented members of your own family. Brown's ear for dialogue is near perfect in this jewel of a book. Spanning most of the 20th century, the novel takes a hard yet compassionate view of humanity, as seen in the little Mason-Dixon line town of Runnymede. Unmissable

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Summary: Funniest book I ever read (and I read a lot of books).
Review: SIX OF ONE and its sequel, BINGO, are two of my favorite books. I read an average of four books a week, and the first time I read SIX OF ONE, I laughed so hard I cried. I read it again every six months and I treasure it so much, I keep it in my safe deposit box. The exploits of Juts and Louise, as children and adults, are hilarious.

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Summary: One of the top five best books of the 20th century.
Review: Six of One deserves to be ranked among the best works of modern authors in America. Rita Mae Brown's wit, wisdom, and winning prose capture the true flavor of much of the 20th century, with realistic characterizations which universally represent much of what is familiar to us all. This is not a book about a single subject, it is a book about life, and about love. But most of all it is a book about perspective and the genuine values in life. In this book, laughter resides at the top of the list. God help us all if Rita Mae Brown ever writes a comedy...I nearly died of laughter from this work of real life drama!

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Summary: A Sneaky Pie Brown Mystery you are not!!!
Review: The strong lesbian overtones of this book disappointed me and I stopped reading it. I will not allow my teenage daughter to read this. We are avid fans of Sneaky Pie Brown mysteries and I erroneously assumed this would be of that caliber. Reader beware!

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Summary: laughed so hard that i nearly peed
Review: This book rings so true for me. I can see my various relatives and neighbors in Rita Mae's skillfully developed characters, and I always enjoy her razor-sharp wit. I particularly like how few people in Runnymede make much of a deal out of Nickel and Mr. Pierre's sexual orientation, and accept them as they are.

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Summary: Fabulous
Review: This is the first Rita Mae Brown book I have read. I purchased it at a used book sale when the stall was about to close; a friend pointed it out to me. You have to read it -- you'll love it! she enthused. I paid for it before the books were packed away and sent to the Peace Corps as donations. I was so glad she'd seen it, for this book made me laugh and smile and get choked up, too. My daughter kept interrupting me to give her brief rundowns of the chapter I was reading: she saw how involved I was. She goes to a French/Arabic school and does not yet read English fast enough to enjoy this book but she was tremendously interested in the characters and I am certain that she will read it in the next few years when her English improves. I cannot say enough good about this wonderful book. She made the great women of Runnymeade come alive for me and the only thing I did not like was the fact that it ended too soon for me! Not only will I recommend it to my friends here in Africa but I also plan on reading more of her books in the future. Thanks, Rita Mae, for giving us such a memorable book.

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Summary: how sad it comes to an end
Review: this small book brought me back in time the way just a movie can do. the funniest situation, the wittiest expressions surprised me page by page. a true love story, where love, for once, has no special target. Just as it should be.