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A life-changing lesson about family and the pleasure and heartbreak that comes with it is told in this story of two sisters, their motherless cousin, and their day-trip to the shores of Chesapeake Bay in August, 1952.Tags
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I loved Six of One, where Brown introduced many of the characters who reappear in this book. She's written several sequels, each more perfunctory than the last. This latest chapter can't be called perfunctory but it is very odd inasmuch as several characters have inexplicably changed names (Cora becomes Big Wheezie, of all things) and other important features. This is very, very difficult to get past. Aside from that, it's an odd little story told fairly well.
Some charm but I still find Brown overrated as a writer and her Southernisms both unconvincing and obnoxious
Enjoyed this book - interesting with the American southern language
I read this in 2009, now in 2013 I sadly can't remember it. I do love the characters from Bingo and Six of One. Maybe I should read it again?
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Rita Mae Brown was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, on November 28, 1944. She received an associate's degree from Broward Junior College in 1965, a B.A. in English and classics from New York University in 1968, a Cinematography Degree from the School of the Visual Arts in 1968, and a Ph.D. in English and political science from the Institute for show more Policy Studies in 1976. She was the writer-in-residence at the Women's Writing Center of Cazenovi College and a visiting instructor teaching fiction writing at the University of Virginia. After publishing two books of poetry, she published her first novel, Rubyfruit Jungle, in 1973. Her works include The Hand that Cradles the Rock, Sudden Death, Venus Envy, Loose Lips, and Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser. She writes the Mrs. Murphy Mystery series and Foxhunting Mysteries series. She also writes screenplays and teleplays including Sweet Surrender, Room to Move, Table Dancing, and The Long Hot Summer. Her work on TV earned several Emmy nominations and she received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Variety Show in 1982 for I Love Liberty. (Bowker Author Biography) Rita Mae Brown is the author of many novels, including "Outfoxed" & "Loose Lips". She & her collaborator, Sneaky Pie Brown, have written eight previous Mrs. Murphy mysteries, most recently "Pawing Through the Past". (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Sand Castle
- Original publication date
- 2008-07-08
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- Members
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- 277,416
- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (2.93)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
- 2
