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Title: Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith ISBN: 0-345-36208-X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.72 (36 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: You'll forget that you're reading fiction....
Comment: This is the story of Ivy, told through letters she's written to family and friends throughout her lifetime. After reading only a few pages, I found myself forgetting that this was a fictional character. I became emotionally caught up in the ebb and flow of her life in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, beginning at the turn of the century. Lee Smith, by writing the story of an "everyday woman", has proven the point that every living person has a story, no matter what their circumastances, if only there was someone to bring it to light. Ivy is a rich and vital character, a true survivor, who lives fully, loves deeply, works hard, and values all that is good in life and people. Ivy isn't perfect. She's flawed, like all the rest of us. The real beauty of this book is that Lee Smith has seen fit to shine a light on a character who is poor but proud, uneducated but intelligent, unsophisticated but filled with quiet dignity, and manages to get through the tough times with a delightful sense of humor and emotional clarity. This book touched me deeply. It sparked my every emotion. I'll be thinking about it for some time to come...and I STILL have a hard time believing that Ivy isn't real!
Rating: 5
Summary: Alive with sights, sounds, emotions.
Comment: This book is lovingly crafted by Lee Smith. Taking place in the mostly uninhabited mountains in turn of the century Virginia, the letter-writer, Ivy provides her readers with an eagle's eye view of her life. The letters span from her childhood through her last hours, and never have I read a book that so quickly and compellingly pulled me into it's core and kept me there. Very few readers will close this book with a dry eye, and for months after finishing it, will find themselves floating back to Ivy and the characters and times surrounding her. I would give this a big 10
Rating: 5
Summary: I hated for it to end.
Comment: This book consumed all my time until I finished, then I hated that I didn't take longer to read it, just to make it last. It is so so good. I felt like these were my own people. I've heard little bits and sayings, even the strange older names like the ones in this book all of my life and now I know where it all came from. I want to now get more in touch with some of my own family history that came from the hills just like these. The writing and dialect may be harder for someone not raised in the south or appalachia, but you will get it, and be careful you may find yourself talking just a little like these people, the story gets into you.
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Title: Saving Grace by Lee Smith ISBN: 0345403339 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Oral History by Lee Smith ISBN: 0345410289 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Family Linen by Lee Smith ISBN: 0345410602 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Last Girls by Lee Smith ISBN: 0345464958 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Devil's Dream by Lee Smith ISBN: 0345382919 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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