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Sarah Jessica Parker in praise of Big Stone Gap,
'Hilarious and romantic. I couldn't put it down- a real page turner'.
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Seismic changes are about to take place in Ave Maria's life. Her daughter, Etta, barely eighteen, is married and living in Italy; the health of her husband, the gorgeous and ever-dependable Jack Mac, is failing and she has scarcely noticed; friendships she has enjoyed forever are under threat. And then to town comes a mysterious stranger, revealing a long-buried secret. Her world shaken, Ave Maria must face up to the past in order to build a new life for herself and for Jack.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Adriana Trigiani never disappoints. If you thought the Big Stone Gap trilogy was done, you were wrong! This is the fourth in the series of the life and times of Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney and she just gets better and better. I was glued to the book from the start, because as ever, A.T. makes her characters so utterly believable that you really care what happens to them. This installment takes them through further trials and tribulations that make you feel you are with them, cheering on from the sidelines, willing them to succeed, and at the same time realising that you are learning something about yourself and your own relationships. I hope she writes another, as there is definitely room for more!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Whilst it was lovely to revisit Big Stone Gap this book seemed empty of the intriguing family atmosphere which Trigiani normally paints so well. It is chock-full of coincidences and predictable 'dilemmas', and the characters seem to have acquired a woodenness not present in her earlier books.
I know the author's career has taken flight and it is obvious from this book that she has other things on the horizon and the publishers were urging her to put another book out. She must have sat down and thought 'well, what if this happened, then happened again, then happened again?' It is too sugary sweet and needs some flawed characters to bring everyone back down to earth - and to life!
A good example of how making your characters too nice produces dreary and predictable reading. Buy it if you want a sugary sweet indulgent read - don't buy it if you want to learn anything new about the characters you already know and love.
I know the author's career has taken flight and it is obvious from this book that she has other things on the horizon and the publishers were urging her to put another book out. She must have sat down and thought 'well, what if this happened, then happened again, then happened again?' It is too sugary sweet and needs some flawed characters to bring everyone back down to earth - and to life!
A good example of how making your characters too nice produces dreary and predictable reading. Buy it if you want a sugary sweet indulgent read - don't buy it if you want to learn anything new about the characters you already know and love.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Lovely... As always I got sweet tasting escapism! Home to Big Stone Gap continues the wonderful story of Ave Maria and Jack and though the cover promises a bit more intrigue than was delivered, I savoured every page.
AT has a beautiful style of writing that makes me want to curl up in a huge overstuffed armchair in front of a log fire (and since I possess neither, that's quite an achievement!).
If it's fireworks, melodrama and thrills that you're after then this is probably not the book for you; it's more of a 'wind me down per-lease' novel that i'm positive you will thoroughly enjoy...
AT has a beautiful style of writing that makes me want to curl up in a huge overstuffed armchair in front of a log fire (and since I possess neither, that's quite an achievement!).
If it's fireworks, melodrama and thrills that you're after then this is probably not the book for you; it's more of a 'wind me down per-lease' novel that i'm positive you will thoroughly enjoy...
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Rather Disappointing
For me this book was rather disappointing. I found that I was waiting for the plot to take shape but it never did. Read more
Published on 5 April 2009 by Miss C. Valcin
good read
all books by this author are very good makes you laugh and cry,if you like anne tylers books youll like these.
Published on 29 Jan 2009 by Ms. Kathryn Susan Keller
Cringe!
Adriana Trigiani obviously knows Virginia and Italy - but her "trip" to Scotland had me choking on my porridge.
Edinburgh Castle moved to Glasgow, yams (YAMS! Read more
Edinburgh Castle moved to Glasgow, yams (YAMS! Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2008 by A. M. Ide
Disappointing end to a great story.
I loved the previous three books in this series but I thought this one was let down by the rubbish written about Scotland- where quite a chunk of the action in this book takes... Read more
Published on 9 April 2007 by C. Mclaughlin
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