- Paperback: 592 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (15 April 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 014005894X
- ISBN-13: 978-0140058949
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.4 x 3.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,930,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Thoroughly endearing ... a big expansive book overflowing with talent and high spirits... (CHICAGO TRIBUNE )
Wildly funny, painfully serious, totally engrossing! (PLAYBOY ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Wildly funny, painfully serious, totally engrossing! (PLAYBOY ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
PLAYBOY
'Wildly funny, painfully serious, totally engrossing!'
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
An excellent book about life in a small southern town.
9 Mar 1997
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I flew through this story about young people growing up in a small town in Tennessee. The characters are interesting -- each one at first glance seems like a quick stereotype of the usual high school suspects -- but there is so much more to learn about them. If you like small town Southern novels, with the extras of civil rights, labor union struggles, and feminism thrown on top -- this is a good read
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Funny and Heartbreaking
11 Mar 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
I first read this book in that late '70's or early 80's, so my review is based on memory streatched back 20 to 30 years ago. The fact that I remember any of it is tribute to it's power.
It's the story of a family in the South: Father is a military maniac, mother is a traditional Southern housewife, daughters Emily and Sally are trying to find their own place. Emily transforms from Southern Girl to Preppy College Girl, to Nothern Housewife, with stumbles and successes along the way, as she searches for who she is and where she fits in. Sally progesses from Southern Debutante to Cheerleader to Happy Homemaker....or is she so happy? Entwined within the lives of the White Southerners are the Black Southerners, and how they live alongside these privileged Whites, in the 1960's Southern small town.
It was written as a contemporary novel 30 years ago, and it is still relevant today, not only as a historical novel....it is still contemporary, with truths about people that will never be dated.
Read it and enjoy it.
It's the story of a family in the South: Father is a military maniac, mother is a traditional Southern housewife, daughters Emily and Sally are trying to find their own place. Emily transforms from Southern Girl to Preppy College Girl, to Nothern Housewife, with stumbles and successes along the way, as she searches for who she is and where she fits in. Sally progesses from Southern Debutante to Cheerleader to Happy Homemaker....or is she so happy? Entwined within the lives of the White Southerners are the Black Southerners, and how they live alongside these privileged Whites, in the 1960's Southern small town.
It was written as a contemporary novel 30 years ago, and it is still relevant today, not only as a historical novel....it is still contemporary, with truths about people that will never be dated.
Read it and enjoy it.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Really brings back the memories
5 Jan 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Being a Southerner myself and born about the same time as the characters, I could really relate to this very interesting, sometimes quirky, alternately funny and grim story. This book is full of irony, mischief, and a whole lot of truth. I was involved in so many of the "movements" of the 60's. Alther's book often made me squirm. Were we really that self-righteous, hypocritical and plain dumb? I guess at times we were. Highly readable and very informative as well as good fun, that's Original Sins. I am eager to lend it to friends, especially a friend who was in her 40's when she first came to the USA.
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