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The Book of Bright Ideas

by Sandra Kring

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The Book of Bright Ideas is an enchanting novel of childhood, wonder, and a number of family secrets. Engaging from first to last, I was delighted to meet these people--particularly Aunt Verdella, who poignantly reminded me of one of my own aunts. Furthermore, as the book came to a close, I'd become so attached to Button, Winnalee, and all, I was sorry to see them go. ( )
  eggsnhm | May 2, 2009 |
Heartwarming! It was everything I love in a book. Great characters, good mix of happy and sad, and a good if not somewhat predictable ending. Reminescent of Lorna Landvik, whom I love. I thought the story line was very believable. But the characters were fabulous! Can't say enough good things. ( )
1 vote stephaniesmithrn | Sep 30, 2007 |
Very sweet, charming story, yet hearty enought to carry some weight. Reminds me of "Secret Life of Bees" in its storyline that emphasizes how girls and women, can sometimes manage to hold each other up in spite of (or perhaps because of) their differences. ( )
  Lcwilson45 | Sep 3, 2007 |
Great characters, loved this book! ( )
  macnan | Aug 7, 2007 |
This is one of those enjoyable, light novels where I intermittently laughed and cringed at the characters' faux pas. There's something about books delving into childhood friendships that get me every time. ( )
  missylc | May 7, 2007 |
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For all those who longed to find a best friend and found it in themselves.
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I should have known that summer of 1961 was gonna be the biggest summer of our lives.
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Wisconsin, 1961. Evelyn “Button” Peters is nine the summer Winnalee and her fiery-spirited older sister, Freeda, blow into her small town–and from the moment she sees them, Button knows this will be a summer unlike any other.

Much to her mother’s dismay, Button is fascinated by the Malone sisters, especially Winnalee, a feisty scrap of a thing who carries around a shiny silver urn containing her mother’s ashes and a tome she calls “The Book of Bright Ideas.” It is here, Winnalee tells Button, that she records everything she learns: her answers to the mysteries of life. But sometimes those mysteries conceal a truth better left buried. And when a devastating secret is suddenly revealed, dividing loyalties and uprooting lives, no one–from Winnalee and her sister to Button and her family–will ever be the same.

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