Congratulations to Donna Jo Stone for publishing Joann, the fifth book in the Apron Strings series. This is the author's first full-length published novel, and I'm so excited for her!
In 1965, Joann, her sister Helen, and their father are running the general store their family has owned for generations in small town Louisiana. Joann's daily life is small and quiet until big personal events and world events disrupt it. I cheered for her as she discerns her future, and I could relate to her relationship with her father.
I was fascinated with the descriptions of running a small family-owned store, which reminded me of The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox. I wonder if I was a shopkeeper in a former life. ;0)
Since the Apron Strings series centers around a cookbook that appears in eight novels, each set in a different decade, I expected it to play a bigger role in the story, but in the end, I enjoyed how it's included in this story.
Thank you to the author for the review copy of this wonderful story.
In 1965, Joann, her sister Helen, and their father are running the general store their family has owned for generations in small town Louisiana. Joann's daily life is small and quiet until big personal events and world events disrupt it. I cheered for her as she discerns her future, and I could relate to her relationship with her father.
I was fascinated with the descriptions of running a small family-owned store, which reminded me of The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox. I wonder if I was a shopkeeper in a former life. ;0)
Since the Apron Strings series centers around a cookbook that appears in eight novels, each set in a different decade, I expected it to play a bigger role in the story, but in the end, I enjoyed how it's included in this story.
Thank you to the author for the review copy of this wonderful story.
