The House on Olive Street
4 journalers for this copy...
Good story of 4 writers who bond together and help each other with life difficulties while piecing together the last book of their friend and mentor who dies suddenly.
Enjoyed this book. An easy read.
Enjoyed this book. An easy read.
Journal Entry 2 by kandobooks at BareFoot Coffee Roasters Stevens Creek At Lawrence in Santa Clara, California USA on Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Released on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at BareFoot Coffee Roasters Stevens Creek at Lawrence in Santa Clara, California USA.
Taking it to the meeting and will pass along to a fan of easy fiction.
Taking it to the meeting and will pass along to a fan of easy fiction.
Was given this book by a fellow Bookcrosser at meetup at Barefoot Coffee Roasters.
From Publishers Weekly
When novelist Gabby Marshall dies, she leaves a letter asking her four closest friends, all writers, to organize her literary remains. In the process, they take refuge from their own lives in Gabby's cozy home in Sacramento, Calif. Unsentimental spinster Elly fears her highbrow friends won't accept her suitor, Ben, a loving but unsophisticated farmer. Bestselling Sable escapes the sudden exposure of her tarnished past; Beth is leaving an abusive husband; Barbara Ann is running away from a home full of slovenly men. Introductory chapters are slow, but once the protagonists move into their "halfway house for insane women" the book comes to life. The women's feisty, bluntly honest exchanges ring with credibility and charm; the minor characters that eddy around themABarbara Ann's lovably clueless husband; Ceola, the late Gabby's pistol-toting mom are drawn with deftness and affection. Though conventional in outline, Carr (Mind Tryst) offers a well-written, warm-hearted story and a genuinely fun read.
Currently is rated at 4.5 stars on Amazon
From Publishers Weekly
When novelist Gabby Marshall dies, she leaves a letter asking her four closest friends, all writers, to organize her literary remains. In the process, they take refuge from their own lives in Gabby's cozy home in Sacramento, Calif. Unsentimental spinster Elly fears her highbrow friends won't accept her suitor, Ben, a loving but unsophisticated farmer. Bestselling Sable escapes the sudden exposure of her tarnished past; Beth is leaving an abusive husband; Barbara Ann is running away from a home full of slovenly men. Introductory chapters are slow, but once the protagonists move into their "halfway house for insane women" the book comes to life. The women's feisty, bluntly honest exchanges ring with credibility and charm; the minor characters that eddy around themABarbara Ann's lovably clueless husband; Ceola, the late Gabby's pistol-toting mom are drawn with deftness and affection. Though conventional in outline, Carr (Mind Tryst) offers a well-written, warm-hearted story and a genuinely fun read.
Currently is rated at 4.5 stars on Amazon
Sent today as part of the first sentences VBB at bookcrossing.com
I picked this little book up at the Post Office today - - it was one of my selections for the First Sentences Virtual Book Box. Thanks so much, AM10000 . . . this really looks like a book I'll enjoy reading and I can't wait to get started on it!
What an enjoyable book this was to read! I'm so glad that it came my way. Although the character of Gabby is dead right from the beginning, and we don't actually 'meet' her, throughout the book her story unfolds and her presence is felt as her four friends come together and live in her home for the summer. Elly, Sable, Barbara Ann and Beth each come to the safe haven of Gabby's home where they work at putting together Gabby's unpublished and final book, support each other and individually find strength to move forward with their own lives.
Edited: 12.May.2011 - Passed on to another BookCrosser at the BC Meet-Up at Tim Horton’s coffee shop this week
Edited: 12.May.2011 - Passed on to another BookCrosser at the BC Meet-Up at Tim Horton’s coffee shop this week
picked up at bookcrossing meet-up, plan to read very shortly and re-release.
