by Fannie Flagg
bookshelves: winter-20152016, published-2004, paper-read, dec-2015-free-for-all, cover-love, chick-lit, us-alabama, one-penny-wonder, palate-cleanser Read from December 05 to 07, 2015 Description: Oswald T. Campbell, aged fifty-two, down-and-out in a Chicago winter, is given only months to live...
I wonder if people in the South have a love of books set in the North....I sorta doubt it. I love Fannie Flagg's characters and this little book did not disappoint.
A Little Fluff for ChristmasRead this one for the bookclub. It's the story of a loner who relocates from Chicago to Alabama to try to eke out a few more years of life, and the town that takes him in with open arms. Not really my cup of tea, but well written. Not as deep as her other novel, Fried Gre...
Such a sweet, unique, and moving story. I really enjoyed this!
"A Redbird Christmas" is literary candyfloss. A feel-good book, but for once I'd have to say it's almost too good, and I found myself shaking my head more than once at how perfectly everything just seemed to work out. It's good for a cozy Christmas afternoon at home, snuggled up with a book, but not...
Really enjoyed this heartwarming story!
Nothing says Christmas like taxidermy...uh, er, well, it was a good book, really! I'm not lying, even though taxidermy does really freak me out. Putting that aside, there was some really nice, heartwarming elements in this one. Fannie Flagg knows how to pull the heartstrings, and I like birds, so th...
Sweet but not sappy. The only thing that made me somewhat nuts was the Creole/Cajun misnomer.3.75
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