Book 19 and 20
Jun. 15th, 2005 07:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizzybennet19. Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani - I bought this book to read on my airplane trip (What a joke! I had no time to read thanks to my three little rascals). I choose it because I had read something by the author before and liked it. The book is about an Italian woman who grows up in the South. When her mom passes away she finds out that the man who she thought was her father really wasn't her father. As she learns more about her biological family, she also begins to learn more about herself. There is also a nice dash of romance to the novel. Although I enjoyed the book, I won't be continuing the trilogy. I'm just not that interested in the story line.
20. Slow Way Home by Michael Morris - I picked up this one as I was browsing through the library. I am home visiting my parents in Alabama and their wonderful small library has a large selection of southern literature. This one caught my eye because the review on the cover quotes the Washington Post as saying:"The reader may hear echoes of Harper Lee...or of Flannery O'Connor's Southern grotesques...or even of Huck Finn...But Morris has his own voice and his own story, and he tells it with uncommon skill and compassion" I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is about a young boy who is deserted by his mom and left to live with his grandparents. When his mom breezes back into town and tries to claim him back, his grandparents run away with him. There's much more to the plot, but I don't want to give any spoilers. I thought the author did an excellent job describing the conflicts the boy felt between the desire to save his mom and be loved by her, and to stay with his grandparents and be safe, happy and peaceful. I'd say this is a must read.
20. Slow Way Home by Michael Morris - I picked up this one as I was browsing through the library. I am home visiting my parents in Alabama and their wonderful small library has a large selection of southern literature. This one caught my eye because the review on the cover quotes the Washington Post as saying:"The reader may hear echoes of Harper Lee...or of Flannery O'Connor's Southern grotesques...or even of Huck Finn...But Morris has his own voice and his own story, and he tells it with uncommon skill and compassion" I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is about a young boy who is deserted by his mom and left to live with his grandparents. When his mom breezes back into town and tries to claim him back, his grandparents run away with him. There's much more to the plot, but I don't want to give any spoilers. I thought the author did an excellent job describing the conflicts the boy felt between the desire to save his mom and be loved by her, and to stay with his grandparents and be safe, happy and peaceful. I'd say this is a must read.