Patty's husband disappears days before the birth of their daughter and Patty's sister Harriet is wooed and won by Avel before tragedy blights her happiness too. So Patty Jane opens the "House of Curl" - part beauty parlor, part open university - for the women of the neighbourhood.
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PATTY JANE DOBBIN'S wedding dress was shell pink and of such a high-quality rayon that in the right light it looked like satin. Read the first page
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Julie Lawes
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This book has it all! I laughed out loud and cried like a baby. I love her writing style and I am passing it on to all my friends. I can't wait to read everything else she has written.
By B. E.
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A girlfriend in Minnesota sent me this as she knows I'm a Minnesota gal at heart. I started it as soon as I opened it and ADORE this book. It's beautifully and intelligently written. Lorna Landvik's characters are real and touching and pull you right into the story, which balances the twin faces of sorrow and humor. It's a masterpiece for a first novel and is what new writers could aspire to. Many lessons in one here.
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A Wonderful, Heartwarming Story
16 July 2000
By Roz Levine
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Patty Jane's House of Curl is the story of two Minnesota sisters, Patty Jane and Harriet and their struggles with love, loss and adversity in the 1950's and 60's. The story begins as Patty Jane marries the best looking man in town, Thor Rolvaag. Within the year, Thor disappears leaving Patty Jane pregnant, miserable and penniless. With the help of her sister, Harriet, Patty Jane goes to beauty school and opens the House of Curl, an amazing beauty parlor with live harp music, Norwegian pastries and the love and support of good friends and clients. This is a novel that draws you into the lives of remarkable people and keeps you rooting for them to the very last page. Ms Landvik's writing is crisp and witty with a wonderful ear for dialogue and her scenes vivid and true to life. A novel about life at its best and worst, written with insight, wisdom and humor, Patty Jane's House of Curl will make you laugh and cry and appreciate the strong bonds of family and friends.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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I am happy my friend recommended this book!
27 Mar 2000
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I love books about quirky women and this book told funny anecdotes and sad stories about 2 sisters and their circle of friends. It reminded me of sitting in Truvy's Beauty Shop in Steel Magnolias. I would like to meet her characters and eat some of the Norwegian pastries that Patty Jane's served. I ordered her next book today and can not wait to read it.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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a book not for everyone ... But .....
12 Dec 1999
By C_P
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those who aren't reading a book hoping to seek deep insight into the mysteries of life presented by fictional characters may enjoy the humor on many pages as the 2 fictional sisters deal with the challenges that they felt their life dealt out their way. The descript of one sister's downward spiral was so accurate to those of us who may have known someone who lapsed into that same "escape outlet" ... yet I do wish the writer hadn't made one of the love figures for one of the sisters so reptitious feeling that you knew from the start that something would happen to him - so no surprise when you read the newspaper headline along with the main characters.
The setting was as fictional as the characters but somehow I enjoyed this book to the point that I will admit it was "hokie" in parts but after reading it had to admit that I liked it overall and enjoyed the humor on many of the pages. What term I use for books like this is "Little House on the Prairie" moment feeling, where one minute you are laughing at the antics of the characters and the next - even though you saw it coming, you find yourself threatening to blink back a tear. The characters won't inspire you to go out and "conquer the world" but they may inspire you to laugh at times.
This book is about the bonds between the women in the story line ... not as clearly defined or close in feel as The House On Olive Street characters were given, but considering this is a first book - shows potential for the future books by this writer.
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