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Summary: No more fetching a character have I ever encountered
Review: I absolutely love this book. As wild
and witty as Daisy Fay, is how this book
makes me feel. She will seem like the
childhood friend we all had and wished
we could be like. Daisy says and does
all the things we as adults and as "proper"
children would not or could not do. This is life in the fifties as we all imagine it to
be; kitschy, fun, very american and strange.
This book is an uplifting and heartwarming
experience for anyone who loves a laugh
and has even a modicum of a sense of humor.
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Summary: A gem of a journey disguised as a lighthearted tale
Review: Daisy Fay was suppose to be, for me, a simple diversion, something I had picked up to read between heavier fare. But Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man held surprises I hadn't expected. What I had thought to be a simple Sunday jaunt became instead a journey of delightful twists and surprisingly endearing characters. I found myself laughing out loud, to the curious glances of strangers. I suddenly wanted to make Daisy fay and The Miracle Man required reading for anyone having a bad day. The uplifting quality of this story will stay with you long after you read the last page and set the book to rest in your bookcase. Save it a special spot. It deserves it
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Summary: Pee your pants with laughter
Review: I read this one out loud in high school with my best friend because it was too funny to read silently and to ourselves. Anyone with parents or kids can relate to this
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Summary: Fannie Flagg is a born story teller!
Review: I was hooked on this book from page one. The journal of 11 year old (to her late teens) Daisy Fay Harper is a gem! I laughed so much reading this book and wondered, "Where did Fannie Flagg get these ideas?" She is a wonderful story teller. The characters are great (didn't we all have someone like Kay Bob "Big Mouth" Benson in our lives?) and memorable. If anyone is looking for a light read and lots of fun and laughs then look no further than DAISY FAY AND THE MIRACLE MAN. I'm recommending this book to all my friends who love to read.
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Summary: A Pleasure
Review: I'm usually one to stick with a tried and true bestseller like "Da Vinci" or McCrae's "The Bark of the Dogwood," but after reading mainly mysteries and thrillers, I thought I would give myself a break and I picked up Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man. I have giggled and thoroughly enjoyed myself throughout the entire book. What a pleasure to read. I am now a fan of Fannie Flagg and am looking forward to reading another of her books. I hope there will be more coming. The characters and dialogue are just remarkable. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Daisy Fay and The Miracle Man
Review: My Southern reading list includes some of the classics you all know, and few you might not. My only criteria is that the book be absolutely fantastic, and the ones I've picked fall in that category easily, with "Daisy Fay" coming in first place. Here are the other ones:Fried Green Tomatoes
The Children's Corner by Jackson McCrae
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Confederacy of Dunces You can't go wrong with any of these in my opinion. Enjoy and pass them on!
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Summary: A Must Read...
Review: This book is an interesting, can't put down type of book. Starts off with a little girl born into a family with problems: arriage and drinking. Named after a vase of flowers, Daisy Fay shows us her story growing up, dealing with divorce of her parents, her father's drinking, a mother's death, and people who she absolutly dispise. Her journey through life makes you cry, smile, and celebrate on the inside while reading this novel. Take the time, read it, you will be glad you did.
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Summary: Growing up Despite the Odds
Review: This book is the childhood journal of one Daisy Fay Harper from rural Mississippi. It takes us from her eleventh year to her seventeenth year, during which time she wins some, and loses quite a lot, too. Daisy Fay's parents don't get along well at all. Her father is an alcoholic and has a great deal of trouble keeping a roof over their heads and food on the table. In fact, just about the only way he can get money coming through the door is to run some sort of scheme or caper. Thinking up such ideas is one thing he is good at, but he's not always as good at pulling them off. Through her diary, Daisy Fay tells us about her relationship with her parents and friends, and the trouble they get in to. She tells us of her nightmares and dreams, and despite all the tragedies and bad luck that happen to her, she turns out OK after all.
Flagg does a decent job of expressing and developing Daisy Fay's voice from that of a young girl to that of a teenager ready to leave home. Some readers may find the book too sentimental for their tastes, but nevertheless, the book is quite engaging.
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Summary: Awesome Book!
Review: This was a really really great book. It was funny, sarcastic and very perspectively written. I would reccomend this bk to anyone who wants a laugh. But, though it was fantastic, try making a scrapbook for every year of her life: 12 pages long honey.
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Summary: Suprised by Homework
Review: Have you ever heard of summer homework? If you are in a sane school, probably not; I however, go to an INsane school, where they don't seem to understand the term SUMMER VACATION. This was the first book I was assigned. I wasn't even in summer school, and did not look forward to reading it. I thought it would be a waste of my time, especially because I thought the title stupid (*and I still do*). However, I was suprised.
I was promptly sucked into the wild and tragic world of Daisy Fay Harper, who was unfortunately named after a vase of flowers. Her thoughts on the world are often hysterical, and unusual, and the pase moves so fast that you end up reading a hundred pages without having time to blink. Yet if this story was not written in Daisy Fay's tumbling style, this would actually be a very sad book. What is incredibal is that the author has taken a character, who practically leaps out of the page; by the first chapter you really know her, and that's hard to do.
The book is written in diary form, and spans from 1952 to 1959, with two years missing. The first half you witness Daisy Fay as an eleven year old girl, the next you leap to her as a fifteen year old "young lady." What really struck me in this transition was the way she believably grew older; she was still the same, and yet you could see the changes in her.
This is a good summer book. Despite it's three hundred pages, I read it in about a day or two, and thouroughly enjoyed it. It was quick, very funny, yet sad at times, with a very likable character, and I certainly don't regret reading it.
Although I resent having to do a project on it.
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