Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
An engaging first novel, set in the South about the daughter of the local Baptist preacher who spends her Saturday afternoons at the Dairy Queen, dreaming of escaping her small town for Atlanta and the experiences that transform her perspective.
An engaging first novel, set in the South about the daughter of the local Baptist preacher who spends her Saturday afternoons at the Dairy Queen, dreaming of escaping her small town for Atlanta and the experiences that transform her perspective.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780307395016 (0307395014)
Publish date: February 12th 2008
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Pages no: 293
Edition language: English
I am such a fool. This book seemed to promise much more than my low expectations. Characters that were just on the nuanced side of caricature and a seemingly stereotypical plot about the small town girl who dreams big, but with so many hints of things happening just off camera and waiting for a surp...
I read this book on the recommendation given to me in the "Be My Reader" thread in the Albany Public Library Goodreads group. Each one of us gave a recommendation and received one. This book was a delight to read, and I don't think I would have bumped into it on my own, so I'm glad for the rec. The ...
Glad I hung in there with this one, although at first I didn't think it was going anywhere. There was a problem with the dates in this book however. Short of spoiling the plot I'll just say the author got off track with her timeline. Despite that it turned out to be a pretty decent read.
This was a sweet book about, life, destiny, arriving a the place you belong even its the last place you want to be.It was 1st POV and her voice annoyed me a bit at times, bit mostly I liked it a lot.
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