Cold Sassy Tree (with Connections)
by Olive Ann Burns | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0030559944 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0030559944 Global Overview for this book
Registered by 
whiteraven13
of Quartzsite, Arizona USA on 3/8/2014
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
whiteraven13 of Quartzsite, Arizona USA on 3/8/2014 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Dear melydia,
A very, very happy birthday to you, from me!
WR13/TCM
A very, very happy birthday to you, from me!
WR13/TCM
[This is a kind of textbook version of the novel, with extra short stories and stuff at the end.]
Ah, Cold Sassy Tree. I have a bit of a history with this book, which has now become a joke among my friends, who attempt to find me copies whenever possible. On the bright side, I have a remarkably high catch rate with this particular title.
For my 35th birthday, fellow BookCrosser 6of8 plunked a huge, gift-wrapped box down in front of me. It contained 35 copies of Cold Sassy Tree and its sequel, Leaving Cold Sassy. This was one of those books. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Thanks, guys.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot - this is what I thought of the book when I read it back in 2005:
Will Tweedy was 14 years old and living in Cold Sassy, Georgia, in the summer of 1906 when his grandpa came home one day to announce he was marrying a woman half his age, not three weeks after the death of his first wife, Will’s grandmother. The town, of course, is scandalized, and continues to be so as the story wears on. This is more of a “slice of life” depiction than much of a story – the author starts with a setting (the town of Cold Sassy) and a premise (Grandpa’s new bride), and meanders through clever little anecdotes and asides for a while until the author decides it’s time to end the story and starts killing off characters. This is not a bad story, just a fairly standard one. I don’t have very strong feelings about it either way. The constant backcountry dialect got kind of old, but I feel that way about all books narrated in dialect so that’s not exactly serious criticism. On the other hand, I could hear all the characters in my head with no problem. In the end, if you like this era of historical fiction, you’ll enjoy the feeling of living in Cold Sassy; if you prefer more plot-driven stories where everything happens for a reason, you might want to skip this one.
Ah, Cold Sassy Tree. I have a bit of a history with this book, which has now become a joke among my friends, who attempt to find me copies whenever possible. On the bright side, I have a remarkably high catch rate with this particular title.
For my 35th birthday, fellow BookCrosser 6of8 plunked a huge, gift-wrapped box down in front of me. It contained 35 copies of Cold Sassy Tree and its sequel, Leaving Cold Sassy. This was one of those books. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Thanks, guys.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot - this is what I thought of the book when I read it back in 2005:
Will Tweedy was 14 years old and living in Cold Sassy, Georgia, in the summer of 1906 when his grandpa came home one day to announce he was marrying a woman half his age, not three weeks after the death of his first wife, Will’s grandmother. The town, of course, is scandalized, and continues to be so as the story wears on. This is more of a “slice of life” depiction than much of a story – the author starts with a setting (the town of Cold Sassy) and a premise (Grandpa’s new bride), and meanders through clever little anecdotes and asides for a while until the author decides it’s time to end the story and starts killing off characters. This is not a bad story, just a fairly standard one. I don’t have very strong feelings about it either way. The constant backcountry dialect got kind of old, but I feel that way about all books narrated in dialect so that’s not exactly serious criticism. On the other hand, I could hear all the characters in my head with no problem. In the end, if you like this era of historical fiction, you’ll enjoy the feeling of living in Cold Sassy; if you prefer more plot-driven stories where everything happens for a reason, you might want to skip this one.
Journal Entry 3 by 
Melydia
at Wesley Grove United Methodist Church in Hanover, Maryland USA on Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Melydia at Wesley Grove United Methodist Church in Hanover, Maryland USA on Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (9/1/2014 UTC) at Wesley Grove United Methodist Church in Hanover, Maryland USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on a picnic table. It was in a ziplock bag, which was good because it started raining shortly thereafter!
