false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170525511m/58822.jpg 58822 23 In the town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, not much happens. The highlight of 35-year-old Ave Maria Mulligan's week comes on Friday, with the arrival of the Bookmobile, the sight of which sends her into raptures. Her favorite book concerns the ancient Chinese art of reading faces. Through her face-readings, we come to understand the hostilities simmering within her family: her father whose small eyes are the clear "sign of a deceptive nature." Her aunt who "has a small head and thin lips. (That's a terrible combination.)" Adriana Trigiani's first novel concerns the family scandals that befall Ave Maria in this seemingly uneventful town. Greed, lust, envy--all the ancient emotional elements--manifest themselves even in this hamlet of "ordinary folk." Fans of Fannie Flagg or Rebecca Wells will enjoy this down-home tale, full of small, everyday details and colloquial revelations. The writing is often awkward, but so too are the characters who inhabit this place: the Bookmobile lady who thinks of herself as the sexiest woman alive; the amateur actors in the local Outdoor Drama who bristle with ambition when they hear that Elizabeth Taylor is coming to visit. In Big Stone Gap, her visit is so anticipated, it's like she's an angel sent from heaven. <I>--Ellen Williams</I> 523148 2000 Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, Book 1) total:3966|5:926|4:1651|3:1128|2:217|1:44| 3966 15096 4866 588 3 3 false true Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 12:50:23 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 13:50:56 -0800 2008
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Then it got me thinking that maybe I'm the town spinster who everyone is outwardly fond of, them swinging by and being quirky, but inwardly...Inwardly they pity her.

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I was recently given three titles in the Big Stone Gap series, this being the first I have just finished reading it. It was so unmemorable that I did not realise that I had actually read it for the first time just over two years ago! I had felt ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 15:23:12 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 13:19:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:11:22 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 11:36:41 -0700 2009 1 The author attemps to place the book in 1978 rural Virginia. Trigiani tells her readers in the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Mar 19 19:20:18 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 04:17:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 27 11:22:45 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 11:51:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 05:29:29 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 18:50:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 20 12:09:33 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 12:55:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 17:30:24 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 17:41:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 17:05:34 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 13:42:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 08:13:04 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 09:29:40 -0700 2008 4 0 false true Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 07:58:04 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 08:02:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 02:09:31 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 04:41:23 -0700 2009
Big Stone Gap is a small town story and it has all the correct ingredients too. A town settled in between mountains, a bookmobile that makes the rounds every week, a pharmacy, a post office, eccentric characters, gossip passed down from generations and yes, a 35 year...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 06:36:46 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:52:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jul 13 21:14:54 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 21:15:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false true Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 13:48:43 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 14:46:35 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=58822