Big Stone Gap
by Adriana Trigiani
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Author: Adriana TrigianiEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-01-01
ISBN: 0345459202
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Reviews of Big Stone Gap
Book Review: From one ferriner to another...
Summary: 5 Stars
Hook: An intriguing and heartwarming invite to a small mountain town in Virginia.
There are so many wonderful characters in Adriana's first book in her series, you can't help but feel at home. In Big Stone Gap, you are invited in with ease and comfort, then given moments of laughter, action, and even tragedy.
A must read for anyone living in Southwest Virginia, you will not want to put this book down. Luckily Adriana continues this story in "Big Cherry Holler", "Milk Glass Moon" and "Home to Big Stone Gap"; all worth reading.
Want to spend the summer curled up under a shade tree with a good read? "Big Stone Gap" is the book for you!
Summary of Big Stone Gap
?FUNNY, CHARMING, AND ORIGINAL.??FANNIE FLAGG
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the tiny town of Big Stone Gap is home to some of the most charming eccentrics in the state. Ave Maria Mulligan is the town?s self-proclaimed spinster, a thirty-five year old pharmacist with a ?mountain girl?s body and a flat behind.? She lives an amiable life with good friends and lots of hobbies until the fateful day in 1978 when she suddenly discovers that she?s not who she always thought she was. Before she can blink, Ave?s fielding marriage proposals, fighting off greedy family members, organizing a celebration for visiting celebrities, and planning the trip of a lifetime?a trip that could change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Brimming with humor and wise notions of small-town life, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book with a giant heart. . . .
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. --Ellen Williams
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