I think this would make a great study book for high school English classes or book groups. I have to confess that the first time I read this book, a couple years ago at a sister-in-law's home, the book annoyed the snot out of me. The eccentric Southern relative kept on nattering about the rule of...
2.5 Good book. Took me a little bit to get into it, but would definitely recommend it.n.
I recently discovered Alice Wisler, and find her writing very sweet and meaningful. The main character in this novel, Deena, is a chef from Atlanta who moves to the Great Smokey Mountains after her fiance abandoned her. He abandoned her because he could not look at the scars on her body sustained...
This is a story that focuses deeply on the inner transformation of a young woman who has been traumatized by an unfaithful boyfriend and a car accident, both leaving her deeply scarred. She leave behind her life in Atlanta for a cabin in North Carolina left to her by her late grandfather. Through...
I really wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. I'm glad I read it, but it seemed to have more potential than it lived up to. I really enjoyed Alice Wisler's How Sweet It Is and was looking forward to this one, especially since the Outer Banks are one of my favorite places.So the setti...
This book started well and then completely fell apart at about the halfway mark. It was filled with flaws and I couldn't make myself finish it. I kept thinking, what happened to this story?Also, I could not get over how much this author talks about food...it seemed like every other page I was rea...
On this Sunday afternoon, we walk around the Washington Monument. The June day is too hot for a walk, but Natasha is one of those avid exercisers. During the colder months, she goes to a gym and sweats on a treadmill. She knows she’s unusual because she actually likes to sweat. Once she even had ...