Cold Sassy Treeby Olive Ann Burns | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
| Pages: | 391 |
| Year of Publication: | 1984 |
| Date Read: | 03/14/1998 |
| Notes: | A novel full of warm humor and honesty, told by Willy Tweedy, a 14-year-old boy living in a small, turn-of-the-century Georgia town. Will's hero is his Grandpa Rucker, who runs the town's general store, carrying all the power and privilege thereof. When Grandpa Rucker suddenly marries his store's young milliner barely three weeks after his wife's death, the town is set on its ear. Will Tweedy matures as he watches his family's reaction and adjustment to the news. COMMENTS — Olive Ann Burns died before completing the sequel to Cold Sassy Tree. The book was published as Leaving Cold Sassy, with 15 completed chapters and Burns’ notes for the rest of the plot. |
| My Rating: | 6 |