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Fabulous book! Couldn't put it down, finished it in just 2 days!!
Where to start? The crazy mother, Camille, is one of the richest characters I've read in some time. From tiaras and prom dresses to gluing her husband's pants so he can't unzip his fly and cheat on her, this woman is very nearly the main character, even tho she's dead for most of the novel. She is fabulous!
Aunt Tootie is the quintessential southern belle. At first I thought, "great, another southern woman", but no, this woman is, in the 1960's, and a senior citizen, still way ahead of her time. She's independent, intelligent, outspoken, just perfect.
Oletta, the black housekeeper, somehow manages to become this girl's surrogate mom in a tender way, and show us, the reader, how terrifying it was to be black, in the south, in the 1960's.
CeeCee, the main character, is a child, a caretaker, an outsider, a girl with no friends, the child of a crazy woman, and just a delight.
Beth Hoffman somehow managed to pen an entire novel full of strong and independent women without a single attitude of entitlement or hostility or any of the other baggage that tends to come along with most strong female characters in books. Can't wait to read what she comes out with next, hope I don't have to wait too long.
Where to start? The crazy mother, Camille, is one of the richest characters I've read in some time. From tiaras and prom dresses to gluing her husband's pants so he can't unzip his fly and cheat on her, this woman is very nearly the main character, even tho she's dead for most of the novel. She is fabulous!
Aunt Tootie is the quintessential southern belle. At first I thought, "great, another southern woman", but no, this woman is, in the 1960's, and a senior citizen, still way ahead of her time. She's independent, intelligent, outspoken, just perfect.
Oletta, the black housekeeper, somehow manages to become this girl's surrogate mom in a tender way, and show us, the reader, how terrifying it was to be black, in the south, in the 1960's.
CeeCee, the main character, is a child, a caretaker, an outsider, a girl with no friends, the child of a crazy woman, and just a delight.
Beth Hoffman somehow managed to pen an entire novel full of strong and independent women without a single attitude of entitlement or hostility or any of the other baggage that tends to come along with most strong female characters in books. Can't wait to read what she comes out with next, hope I don't have to wait too long.
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