- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; First Edition First Printing edition (April 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 006019555X
- ISBN-13: 978-0060195557
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,348,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Best of Genre
8 Jan 2001
Format:Hardcover
In this novel, the central character Sally Alder has traded in the edgy existence of a hard-living, cattle-country bar singer for a respectable career as a history professor. However, the bequest of a wealthy poetess gives Sally an opportunity to revisit the scene (and perhaps the meaning) of her prior life.
The plot careens in several directions. First, Sally renews a relationship with a former boyfriend, whose love-making now combines the mature sophistication of middle age with the stamina of an adolescent. (Perhaps this is plausible. I can only testify to the possibility of the opposite mixture.)
Next, Sally unravels the mysterious background of the poetess. Finally, she survives the self-thwarting schemes of a right-wing militia and a selfish set of sexist professors.
I can curl up with writing like this (p. 100):
"People on the high plains got real squirrelly the week before Thanksgiving. They knew there'd be a snowstorm that would shut down the roads relatives would try to travel, strand thousands in the Denver airport en route to turkey dinners and family feuds, generally [mess] up everyone's plans and leave the world so [dang] silent and beautiful into the bargain that you felt guilty for resenting the inconvenience."
In fact, I can say without hesitation that of all books in the comic-western/mystery-romance/academic-feminist genre, this is the best that I have ever read. But you have to be open to that kind of crazy concoction to enjoy this novel. If you prefer to keep Larry McMurtry, Sara Paretsky, and A.S. Byatt in separate places, then this might not be your cup of tea.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A Great read
18 April 2000
Format:Hardcover
I just finished Browned-Eyed Girl and I loved it. What a great debut novel, with rich, quirky characters and loads of humor--laugh out loud humor. I especially liked the story within a story. Past and present. It had me from the very beginning. The ending was well done, clever and quite satisfying. The author tied up all the loose ends neatly. If Ms. Swift's second novel is as good as Brown-Eyed Girl, she'll have another winner on her hands.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Brown-Eyed Girl
15 April 2000
Format:Hardcover
A fast-paced mystery with lots of humor-combines a historian (with quite a history of her own! ) from Laramie with elements of European history and the mountain west. I fould myself laughing out loud several times. The twists in the plot are ingenious. I can't wait for the next Sally Adler mystery.
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