I really enjoyed this book. I like the way that Essie Mae went to heaven and then she came back to earth. I really felt like I was watching this take place before my eyes. ( )

Essie Mae Laveau Jenkins sits at her stand on the highway selling her sweetgrass baskets to the cars that stop. Between customers, she holds conversations with her deceased husband Daddy Jim--worrying about her family, friends, the taxes due on her home. Her life has been steeped in the Gullah culture and her voice contains the rhythm of the low country. Grab a glass of lemonade and sit a spell. ( )