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Title: The Lemon Jelly Cake (Prairie State Book Series) by Madeline Babcock Smith, Dan Guillory ISBN: 0252061632 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62
Rating: 5
Summary: Delightful romp.
Comment: Turn of last century, small town in Illinois tale told through the eyes of one of two of the most well known eleven year old girls in town. ( One is the Doctor's daughter, the other is the ministers daughter.) They know the dirt in town, yet are humorously innocent as well.
It is like stepping back in time, via a Disney production, and only being delighted and entertained.
Light fare for traveling back to a gentler time.
Rating: 4
Summary: Soothing book layer by layer...
Comment: There is something special about The Lemon Jelly Cake! Reminiscient of Jan Karon's fictional town of Mitford, Babcock Smith's story takes place in sleepy Tory, Illinois at the turn of the century. Tory is the kind of town where your neighbors know your business and the only crime is getting beat by your rival at the pickle competition.
Told through the eyes of 11-year-old Helene Bradford, The Lemon Jelly Cake chronicles the first summer of the new century and all the happenings it brings. The cake itself plays a double role in this story: Helene's mother, Kate's, own specialty dessert that is eaten at all funerals, weddings or social functions, as well as representing life and it's many layers. When a rich lawyer from Chicago comes to town, Kate interprets his level of sophistication and adventure as what life would be like outside the Tory layer.
This novel, written in 1952, has a wonderful appeal to it -- it brings readers back to a simpler time. There isn't any dramatic action in this book, but for those looking for an old-fashioned story, quirky characters, and small-town charm, this book is for you.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Rare Literary Treat -- Fresh As Lemonade on a Summer Day
Comment: Helene and her best friend, Gracie, enjoy the delights of growing up in a small town in Illinois in the early 1900s. Helene's Mother is known throughout the community for her Lemon Jelly Cake, which she regularly makes for church socials and whenever special company comes. When a certain lawyer from another town begins to come to dinner fairly often and the Lemon Jelly Cake becomes his favorite, Helene observes events through the innocent eyes of a carefree child.
This is an enchanting -- and sometimes hilarious -- story of small town life in a quieter, gentler age. At the same time the reader is reminded of the ever-so-human urge for excitement and passion in each person's life.
Skillfully written, sympathetically observed, the story progresses with an almost fearful inevitability.
It's a terrible shame that Madeline Babcock Smith didn't live long enough to write more books like this. Her skills at portraying delightful, enchanting and realistic characters and at executing one story while writing another are awesome.
THE LEMON JELLY CAKE is reminiscent of Jan Karon's Mitford series or Clarence Day's LIFE WITH FATHER/MOTHER books.
Sunnye Tiedemann (aka Ruth F. Tiedemann)
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Title: Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner ISBN: 014200040X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Village School by Miss Read ISBN: 061812702X Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind : A Novel by Ann B. Ross ISBN: 0688177751 Publisher: Perennial Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories (Modern Library Classics) by Sarah Orne Jewett, Suzannah Lessard ISBN: 037575671X Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: A School Teacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece by Hannah Breece, Jane Jacobs ISBN: 0679776338 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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