A Redbird Christmas
by Fannie Flagg
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(first published 2004)
by Random House-New York
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229 pages
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Read in December, 2007
Better than warm chocolate chip cookies and a fire in the fireplace, Fannie Flagg always makes me feel good about the world and people in general. A Redbird Christmas tells a very touching story about a man on the brink of death in Chicago who is advised to move South to a more temperate climate or risk dying from pneumonia. With only a medical pension, he cannot afford Florida, but he can afford to rent a room on the Lost River in Alabama where, for the first time in his life, he finds...more
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Read in January, 2005
Absolutely the best Christmas book ever! It's sweet, funny and touching. I've read it 4 times and given copies to friends. Fannie Flagg herself reads the audio version and I hear she's working on a movie version. I vote for William H. Macy for the lead.
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A Redbird Christmas is about a man, I would say in his fiftys, who discoveres that he doesn't have long to live (this is caused by his smoking, which by the way, he continues to do). He decides to move. He moves far away from the city to a place where others like him have come. The thing is, is no one there is anything like him. Everyone there is quiete and really friendly in their small town. (and when I say small town, I REALLY mean it)! His life is changed by a little girl he begins to hang o...more
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Read in February, 2008
The small-town community of Lost River, AL welcomes Oswald T. Campbell, a man of humble circumstances who leaves his home in Chicago in search of a peaceful place to live out his last days...or so he believes. When he arrives in Lost River, he finds acceptance, friendship, and love beyond that which he has ever known, and, finally, a life worth living.
This is a heartwarming story about a community that brings healing to a wounded redbird named Jack, a sick and dying Oswald, a crippled littl...more
This is a heartwarming story about a community that brings healing to a wounded redbird named Jack, a sick and dying Oswald, a crippled littl...more
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Read in November, 2007
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What a great feel-good story; great reading just before Christmas. The reading gave me a renewed sense of hope in the human ability to love and help one another. The author addresses the rewards of community living and made me long for the kind of small town life that I have never experienced, since I have never lived in a small town. How refreshing to read a well written book that is a "light and fun" reading and yet full of deep questions about family life, friendship, hope, overc...more
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Did you ever want your Mommy to read you a nice little story before bed? As an adult? Here it is. Yawn. I listened to it on audio tape, read by Fannie Flagg, who reads it like a third grader! (Pronounces "a" with a long vowel and uses very little inflection or variety of tone.) A sweet little story that won't stretch your mind a bit!
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A very fun book to read. The author also wrote Fried Green Tomatoes so that should give you an idea about the style of book this is. I found my self LOL. Great read before Christmas.
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Read in October, 2008
This was a quick, mindless read. I've read a few of her other books and found them to be cute or uplifting or entertaining (not necessarily all at once). This one was almost one or all of these things but not quite. Too much "catch up" at the end. She should have just added another chapter or two. It was fine.
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A "feel good" little gem that is a quick read. Predictable, but delightful.
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Read in December, 2007
I LOVED this book! Of course, Fannie Flagg is always good. Oswald T. Campbell is told by his doctor that he doesn't have long to live and shoul spend his remaining time in a warmer climate. Given a 40 year old pamphlet for Lost River, Alabama, Oswald sets out to find this "recuperative" place. He gives up his room at the hotel he has called home for a very long time and boards a train for Alabama. What he finds there is beyond description. Read the book if you haven't - you will smile ...more
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Read in October, 2008
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This was an easy read...I read it in a day....but I am a big Fannie Flagg fan and am charmed by her stories. This is a sweet tale with winning characters that I was sad to leave when it was all over.
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Read in November, 2007
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This is a sweet book to pop into your car CD player & enjoy while navigating Christmas-shopper traffic. I love Fannie Flagg & her voice is wonderful & soothing (she is the reader). I could relate to this book on several levels: the protagonist is a recovering alcoholic; I adore wild birds (especially cardinals [that's what we call redbirds north of the Deep South:]), & I love books about small-town America (the Jan Karon 'Mitford' series, Miss Read's chronicles of Fairacre, et...more
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