- Taschenbuch: 400 Seiten
- Verlag: Harper Perennial; Auflage: Reprint (31. März 1995)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0060926201
- ISBN-13: 978-0060926205
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,4 x 13,7 x 2,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.6 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (32 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 738.013 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The crazy events that mark the spring of 1952 in the not-so-sleepy small town of Limoges, Mississippi, are relayed by a series of eight narrators, including young and old, black and white. When 16-year-old Oive Nepper discovers she's pregnant by the local Baptist minister, she drinks a bottle of orange Nehi laced with rose poison. Her desperate act touches off a chain reaction, and as she lies in a coma in the hospital, it seems as if the whole town becomes unhinged. Her warmhearted mother, Vangie, discovers her husband's sordid affair with a hard-eged counter girl and moves out; her feisty Yankee aunt, Edith, a widow at 39, rediscovers love with the local undertaker; and her family's longtime, long-suffering maid, Sophie, finally achieves freedom from her abusive marriage. With its biblical overtones and its rich mix of gossip, recipes, and heartache, West's tragicomic second novel offers a gripping narrative and lays open the joy and the despair at the core of life in a small town or, for that matter, anywhere at all. Joanne Wilkinson
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From Kirkus Reviews
A skillful follow-up to her first novel, Crazy Ladies (1990), West's new tale chronicles a year in the life of a stuffy and gossip-ridden Louisiana town. It's 1952. A storefront downtown has a bank of television sets. The Majestic Theater has air-conditioning. It's a dry county; only the town's one Yankee woman ever serves wine. Everyone knows that corn is only good up to four hours after it's been picked and that store-bought desserts are only for times of mourning, when preparing peach swirl, Florida cake, and Red Velvet cake would be disrespectful. There's reason enough to mourn: The dead and wounded are coming back from Korea, and a monster who happens to be one of the town's most prominent citizens is preying on very young girls. Sex, violent arguments, and religion are the amusements of choice in spite of the total lack of privacy in a community with only 906 residents. But these problems take a back seat to the real issue, the state of love or the lack of it in various couples. At the center of this maelstrom is Vangie Nepper, a product of a more innocent time (just like all those high-calorie recipes). Vangie is a fantastic cook, a wonderful gardener, and a good mother, but not very bright--was it that fall out of the high chair when she was an infant? Her innocence prevents her from saving her daughter from the villain's clutches or her husband from his own libido. Each character gets to tell his or her own story. There are a lot of Baptists here, and the narrative is marinated in their punishing ethic; only people from the right side of the tracks and non-adulterers get to live happily ever after. This robs an otherwise clever and colorful soap opera of much of its charm. -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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This book centered on the womenfolk of 1952 Limoges, Louisiana, will charm the tar out of you while making you think. There is the doomed Olive Nepper, daughter of Henry and Vangie, ignobly impregnated by the ersatz Baptist preacher. And there is the blowsy DeeDee Robichaux, grasping wife of the paralyzed Renny and mother of the utterly charming and guileless Billie. We meet Edith Galliard, Vangie Nepper's widowed sister-in-law who is a transplanted New York artist, and their busybody neighbor Harriet. Little Fannie epitomizes innocence and will break your heart. Sophie Donnell works as a maid for many of the white ladies in town, most of whom love and respect her and pray nightly for the death or maiming of her brutish husband, Burr.
When Vangie learns of Henry's sordid affair with DeeDee Robichaux, she moves out to the cotton plantation she inherited but which Henry never allowed her to spend a penny of her inherited money on. It is a joy to watch Vangie reborn at the age of 40, taking a stand for the first time in her life, learning to drive, modernizing her appearance, siccing her dog on Henry, and doing what has to be done all by herself. This book portrays a microcosm of small-town life with all its banality, sense of community, pettiness, goodness, gossip, and cohesiveness. It is as well a tender commentary on new love, old loves, and illicit love. There is plenty of poetic justice to go around as each woman flies her own unique coop.
The evolutions of Vangie and Sophie were in my opinion the most powerful. Each of the pivotal characters reaches deep within herself in time of crisis to find her strength and courage. The feminist theme is subtle in that these women don't burn their bras and swear off men; rather, they learn to solve their own problems with a little help from God and their friends. This novel is rich and funny and irreverent, to say nothing of chock-full of comfort food recipes. I was completely captivated and didn't come up for air 'til I finished it.
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As a former member of an "intellectual" book club, I was so refreshed by She Flew the Coop that I have since loaned it out 4 times! It is an ingenious combination of "front page" story lines, small town life, humor & YES, even recipies. I'm proud to say that I even tried a few! Coming from the South, I read the entire book with a southern drawl, which at times had me on the floor. I'm more of a smirker than a "laugh-out-loud"er, but I got so ticked at times that I ran up to my husband trying to read a passage from the book and couldn't read through through the tears! Great job, West! I cried and I laughed 'til I cried!
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Michael Lee West has written a wonderfully insightful book about life in sleepy Limoges, Louisiana. The story takes place in 1952 and opens with the attempted suicide of a pregnant local teenager. It then moves forward from the viewpoint of eight very colorful citizens and you learn all about Limoges town life, secrets and idiosyncrasies. Each narrator's story line moves the plot forward from a different direction and then Ms West ties it all together, very satisfyingly, at the end. The writing is terrific, witty and irreverent. The scenes and settings, vivid. And both really capture the tone of the deep south. And as an added bonus...recipes. For what would the south be without great cooking. All in all a terrific book, chock full of emotions, to read more than once and share with others.
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Makes me hungry and homesick!
This book is an excellent read. Ms. West cpatured the essence of living in Northeast Louisiana with the description of the homes, trees and southern ladies' love of gardening and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. März 2000 von Jennifer Pettey
Very disappointing
I was extremely disappointed. Amazon has been recommending this book, and now I know why I kept putting it off. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. November 1999 von Lmesa
Oprah, what about this one, it's fabulous book club book
I was enthralled and captivated my the eccentric characters in Michael Lee West's book. I found myself relating to all of the characters in the book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Oh, how I love Michael Lee West!
This is only the second book I have read by Ms. West (first being American Pie) and I was totally enthralled. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. August 1999 von Dianna Johnston
Depressing, not funny, drawn out tale re So. LA in 1952
After reading Crazy Ladies and American Pie, I had expected to discover something similar. Was I ever shocked to find a long and drawn-out story about the people (seemed like... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. Juli 1999 von Norma S. Grove
Great characters, great story--BUY IT!
I don't think you need to have lived in Louisiana to appreciate the realism of the 3-dimensional characters in this book. Even Yankees will love it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Outstanding
Michael is an outstanding writer. The characters could live next door--and do, in your mind.
Keep up the good work.
Veröffentlicht am 20. Mai 1999 von Sarah White
WOW! WHAT A BOOK!
After Crazy Ladies, I couldn't imagine how Michael Lee West could do any better - but OH MY GOD! Did she ever! Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. April 1999 veröffentlicht
I didn't want this book to end.
This book was like eating gumbo, you never know what's going to up next, the details mingle to create a memorable experience,it's spicy and full of texture and you never want it to... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. April 1999 veröffentlicht
A Jewel...Funny, Sad & Provocative
I picked up this book because I was intrugued by a novel "Concerning Life, Death, Sex and Recipes in Limoges, Louisiana." Sounded like quite a combination. And it was. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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