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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. AstridG | Mar 17, 2009 |   A soothing read. (  )Clara53 | Feb 10, 2009 | I liked it. Maybe it was a cultural thing but I could identify with Ave Maria in some ways. (  )lincroft | Nov 21, 2008 | This is pretty light piece of froth, but in general I liked it. Some things had me scratching my head (you love him? really?), but the characters are sweet and likeable. Plus, I am from Virginia, and am familiar with the area this book is set in (I went to school in the foothills, though I grew up in the Tidewater, not the mountains, where this book is set). I always like reading books that are set in familiar locales. (  )lorin77 | May 25, 2008 | enjoyed by all ( )HudsonValleyReaders | May 19, 2008 | 0.069 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0345459202, Mass Market Paperback)In the town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, not much happens. The highlight of 35-year-old Ave Maria Mulligan's week comes on Friday, with the arrival of the Bookmobile, the sight of which sends her into raptures. Her favorite book concerns the ancient Chinese art of reading faces. Through her face-readings, we come to understand the hostilities simmering within her family: her father whose small eyes are the clear "sign of a deceptive nature." Her aunt who "has a small head and thin lips. (That's a terrible combination.)" Adriana Trigiani's first novel concerns the family scandals that befall Ave Maria in this seemingly uneventful town. Greed, lust, envy--all the ancient emotional elements--manifest themselves even in this hamlet of "ordinary folk." Fans of Fannie Flagg or Rebecca Wells will enjoy this down-home tale, full of small, everyday details and colloquial revelations. The writing is often awkward, but so too are the characters who inhabit this place: the Bookmobile lady who thinks of herself as the sexiest woman alive; the amateur actors in the local Outdoor Drama who bristle with ambition when they hear that Elizabeth Taylor is coming to visit. In Big Stone Gap, her visit is so anticipated, it's like she's an angel sent from heaven. --Ellen Williams(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:05 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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However, I must say that I enjoyed the third book better than the first which is a pleasant, fast read. Ave Maria is a mountain girl from a coal mining town who has yet to come to grips with the death of her mother. She is the “town spinster” at 35 and fells no real pull to any man in Big Stone Gap. As the story unfolds truths are revealed to her which change her life. (