Come on, Clyde Edgerton is great. He writes funny, tender stories and has made writing little old ladies an art form. He's easy on the eyes and has a bluegrass band, for pete's sake. This book breaks rules about how many points of views are okay in writing, and I love that. Even a wisteria vine has a point of view. This book made its stage debut with the Charlotte Repertory Theatre, and Clyde had a reception before the opening. He played the banjo and talked to us like we were sitting in his liv More...

I liked this book. I thought it did a good job of capturing Eastern North Carolina dialogue patterns; I also thought it managed to span various time periods well and still be believable. However, if you're averse to parts of a story being told by a wisteria vine, maybe this isn't the book for you.

Laugh out loud funny in places, but overall serious throughout. Family saga set in the Carolinas. Wonderful accents. Crazy relatives. Told from different perspectives.

Told from multiple points of view--including, I think, the family dog and the wisteria. Not my favorite Edgerton, but good. Claudia chose it for our staff book discussion.

As a collection of individual stories and personal recollections, it was interesting, but there was no real story - nothing apart from the characters' relationships with each other to bind them all together. Mr. Edgerton does a great job juggling several different first-person points of view. Each character has their own distinct voice, even the wisteria vine. I think I would have enjoyed it more if there had been more reports of what the vine "overheard." I was also surprised that the floatplan More...

I wanted to like this more. A little too light at times and lacking urgency for my tastes. The chapters from the POV of a Wisteria vine were a nice touch.

I had the pleasure of working with Clyde at St. Andrews College years ago. This one is my favorite. He captures the voices of people from my childhood!

I just loved this story. I loved it so much that the year I read it I gave it to just about everyone I knew as a Christmas present.

Not endearing, unlikable main characters, too many dead children. And not humorous enough to make up for all of the above.

This is a really fast read. The story is told from the children's and the wisteria vine's perspective. Very creative.

I haven’t been dis­ap­pointed by Edger­ton yet and also this book is a must read for any­body who loves an intrigu­ing fam­ily story with love­able and fas­ci­nat­ing char­ac­ters.

This was my second favorite of his early works. It was a bit darker in its humor, which worked for me.

This one is a little different. Not really funny at all. I liked it but prefer his books that contain more humor.

I enjoyed this . Quick read about Southern life and family ties in the mid 20th century.

Edgerton writes the most amusing books. This one was no exception. The events of daily life are told by each character which confirms that we are all unique and our interpretations of life are also unique. I love Edgerton's style and proclaim this book as one of his best.

This book will get stuck in your head (in a good way).

One of the best books I have ever read. Ever!

I loved the chapters about The Vine.

LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly very good.

I've listened to this as an audiobook at least 5 times, once with my husband John Kitchens for his first time. It has ROFL parts and some of the most sad, moving parts I've ever read. this isn't really a spoiler for the best ROFL part: Watch out/listen out for Papa saying: "Thantion it, damn it, thantion it!"

I really enjoy Clyde Edgerton's writing style, his storylines, and most of all, his interesting characters. They're unique and live lives worthy of dissection and discussion. Every family (hopefully) has at least one storyteller who chronicles those who came before and puts the pieces of the family puzzle together and creates a sense of completeness. Family sagas help us understand ourselves a little bit better and brings long gone progenitors again to life. Love this stuff!

Not his best, but still very fund and some very funny vignettes. Humans taking on very strange projects.

This book tells the story of several generations in a revolving narrative that gives each character his or her own say, however briefly. Like an intricate quilt composed of squares from different quilters, the story is gradually pieced together by the voices of vivid, deeply-human characters. This is one of my top three favorite books of all time.

This story was probably not supposed to make me cry, but it did. Rich language interwoven with humor, The Floatplane Notebooks ebbs and flows with the human foibles of a southern family, and it's as real and poignant as the best of its genre. Recommended.

Another great book by Clyde Edgerton. I can't get enough of his stories.

Enjoyed but felt disappointed by the ending.

One of my favorites, have read three times.

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