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Title: Goodbye, Earl : A Bad Girl Creek Novel by Jo-Ann Mapson ISBN: 0-7432-2463-9 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Didn't want it to end
Comment: I have read the two other books in the "Bad Girl Creek" series and eagerly awaited this new one, Goodbye Earl. Like the two others, the novel was completely absorbing, and I was able to pick up right where I left off with the bad girls. The book focused on Beryl, who lived in Alaska, and her life after her lover, Earl, left her suddenly. Also in the book were stories of Phoebe, who was raising her daughter on the flower farm and was courted by a new love, Andrew, and Ness, who lost her husband David due to AIDS. I really felt for these women and actually found myself holding my breath at some parts. I thought the characters were real and grew throughout the book, and by the end I was rooting for all of them to make it--which it seems as though they did. Even if you haven't read the two other books, I highly recommend this one. You'll want to move to the flower farm when you're done.
Rating: 3
Summary: A good series comes to an end....
Comment: The first of this trilogy by Jo-Ann Mapson was "Bad Girl Creek", which, in my opinion, is the best of the 3 books. I hated for it to end. It grabbed your attention right away and held it. The reader eagerly anticipated book 2 - "Along Came Mary", while 'though entertaining, just didn't have the same punch as the first one. Other members of my book club agreed, as we read it together. This third and last book starts in Alaska, where a former "bad girl" Beryl has to deal with her relationship with Earl and his disappearance. The first 50 pages are slow, but it gets better after that. The most delightful part of the book was the budding little "Sally" the child that was born to Phoebe in the 2nd book. Her fiesty-ness is fun to read about, as is Phoebe's role as her invalid mother. The relationship that Phoebe develops with Andrew went along interestingly enough, but the reader wants to know him better, we wanted more .... more dialogue, more depth.
Beryl's detachment from the girls at Bad Girl Creek is frustrating for the reader that found her so bonded to them in the other books. We got more insight into Beryl's background in this book.
I love JoAnn Mapson's writing, especially "Bad Girl Creek" and "The Wilder Sisters". I hope she gives us more of her books in the future, but I expected a little more out of this one.
Rating: 3
Summary: confusing
Comment: I love Mapson, I love the bad girls, I love every other novel by Mapson. I want to love this book so badly and had of course, pre-ordered it, but I found it confusing. It seemed choppy, and the characters didn't seem to flow from the first two books. There wasn't enough conflict? I'm not sure. I am a loyal fan and will try re-reading it after reading the first two more recently, and maybe the pieces of the puzzle will fit together better. Usually her books make me feel like I'm sailing down a blue river on a wonderful raft. Like I can't wait to spend more time inside the covers of the book. This one I was able to put down no problem. Never less than three stars for Jo-Ann though....
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Title: Along Came Mary : A Bad Girl Creek Novel by Jo-Ann Mapson ISBN: 0743224612 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Bad Girl Creek : A Novel by Jo-Ann Mapson ISBN: 0743217713 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Wilder Sisters by Jo-Ann Mapson ISBN: 0060931078 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 20 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Hank & Chloe by Jo-Ann Mapson ISBN: 0060924640 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 18 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler ISBN: 1400042070 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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