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Orange Mint and Honey
Orange Mint and Honey
Author: Carleen Brice
Broke and burned-out from grad school, Shay Dixon does the unthinkable after receiving a “vision” from her de facto spiritual adviser, blues singer Nina Simone. She phones Nona, the mother she had all but written off, asking if she can come home for a while. — When Shay was growing up, Nona was either drunk, hungover, or out with her ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780345499066
ISBN-10: 0345499069
Publication Date: 2/12/2008
Pages: 336
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3.9 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: One World/Ballantine
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Read this for the October pick in my online book club, The Reading Cove. I enjoyed it. It was a realistic story about Shay Dixon suffering through a painful childhood and her journey to being able to forgive her mother for it.

I think I enjoyed the Lifetime movie more since it was more concise and left a few things out that weren't missed. Like Shay's visions of Nina Simone. But I can understand the way she turned to the great female jazz singers as pseudo-mother figures.

A very good read overall.


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