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Five characters in search of... something. Friends? Love? Both? Anyway, The Sleepy Time Motel, owned by Aggie, is the setting for the coming together and "healing" of Aggie, Willow, Loretta, Kirby and Clyde.
The main plot device seemed to move too quickly: could one really buy a motel in a matter of days? With all that seemed wrong with it, I just doubt that could happen. However, I didn't doubt Aggie's loneliness, or her attachment to Ugly and Howard, or her newfound attachments with Willow, Lo ...more
The main plot device seemed to move too quickly: could one really buy a motel in a matter of days? With all that seemed wrong with it, I just doubt that could happen. However, I didn't doubt Aggie's loneliness, or her attachment to Ugly and Howard, or her newfound attachments with Willow, Lo ...more
Isn't that cover art fab? This was a simple, straightforward story about a great cast of characters meeting at an old, run-down motel. It could have been sappy - but it wasn't. There was enough of an edge to it, and some sadness, but also characters who were happy despite the tough things in life, and people who were happy with the little things. A good choice for maybe an older elementary school reader who likes plenty of points of view and a bunch of interesting characters, but doesn't need an
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our kind of road trip motel!
Jun 01, 2008
Megan
marked it as to-read
