false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170525513m/58823.jpg 58823 12 Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with the novels of the New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani. In<i> Home to Big Stone Gap</i>, she tells her most powerful story yet, full of humor and heart, wisdom and hope. Nestled in the lush Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the town of Big Stone Gap has been home for Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney and her family for generations. She's been married to her beloved Jack for nearly twenty years, raised one child and buried another, and run a business that binds her community together, all while holding her tight circle of family and friends close. But with her daughter, Etta, having flown the nest to enchanting Italy, Ave Maria has reached a turning point. When a friend's postcard arrives with the message - It's time to live your life for you, - Ave Maria realizes that it's time to go in search of brand-new dreams. But before she can put her foot on the path, her life is turned upside down. Ave Maria agrees to helm the town musical, a hilarious reunion of local talent past and present. A lifelong friendship collapses when a mysterious stranger comes to town and reveals a long-buried secret. An unexpected health crisis threatens her family. An old heartthrob reappears, challenging her marriage and offering a way out of her troubles. An opportunistic coal company comes to town and threatens to undermine the town's way of life and the mountain landscape Ave Maria has treasured since she was a girl. Now she has no choice but to reinvent her world, her life, and herself, whether she wants to or not. 758384 31 10 2006 Home to Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, Book 4) total:1432|5:308|4:527|3:476|2:100|1:21| 1432 5297 1933 176 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 15:40:01 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 15:46:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jun 26 20:06:29 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 20:10:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 05:26:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 11 04:46:45 -0800 2007 Big Stone Gap novels for the same reason. They are good reads and follow the life of Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney. When we met her in the first book she was the town spinster & pharmacist and now she's in her 50's,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 19:02:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 19:08:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 01:19:25 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 18:58:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 15:56:09 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 03:28:10 -0800 2008
That being said, the author's long drawn out explanations of the characters' feelings (complete with inner m...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 18:48:23 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 18:49:29 -0800 2009
I tried to read this in time to release in Virginia, but alas, I couldn't read fast enough!

I'm still deciding if I enjoyed this or not, it was good enough to keep reading, but I found the main characters habit of having sudden epiphanies a lit...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 15 04:19:35 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 07:35:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 00:53:36 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 00:56:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 11:25:03 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 01 10:22:45 -0800 2009
It was entertaining, but just barely.

What is it with every book having recipes in it now days???

Also, the person who was reading it did an AWUFL job. To the point of distraction. Her Italian accents sounded Russian, and her Sco...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 20:05:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 20:08:16 -0800 2009 Ave Maria's life is about to take a change - her husband Jack Mac. suffers a health scare; Ave Maria misses her daughter Etta, who is married and now living in Italy, and Iva Lou (her best friend) has kept a secret from Ave that threatens their fr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:24:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:27:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 06 12:12:24 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 12:15:07 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 07 16:39:02 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 16:42:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 21:29:53 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 21:32:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 11:35:31 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 07:38:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 20 18:17:43 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 14:38:57 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 18:17:43 -0800 2009 Too bad the Big Stone Gap series came to a conclusion with this book. I felt I knew the characters in this series and what they would look like. Wished the story could go on a while longer so that I would know Etta's baby and how Ave and Jack Mac, Theodore and Pete all went on with their liv...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 18:49:35 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 23:40:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 21:37:58 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 21:40:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 25 10:01:45 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 10:03:48 -0700 2009 ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=58823