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Fannie Flagg
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Pages: 224 (Paperback)
ISBN: 009949048X
Pub: Vintage
Pub date: 2005-11-03
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 32083
Reader Reviews:
enjoyable slush (0/1 people found this helpful)
This is a very simply written book. It is twee and sugary sweet but I really enjoyed it. It made me feel cosy. It is lovely to read at Christmas.
The perfect light read (6/6 people found this helpful)
As much as I hate the term "heart-warming" I can't help but use it to describe this delightfully charming tale set in rural Alabama.
Peppered with plenty of kooky characters -- four widows, a couple of bachelors, a crippled girl and a tame bird -- and a simple plot -- 52-year-old city man with only a few months to live moves to warmer climes and gains a second chance at life, while a young girl abandoned by her trailer-trash family falls in love with a red cardinal and is "adopted" by a local woman -- A Redbird Christmas is a gentle read that won't tax your brain matter.
Sure, it's a little on the sweet side -- the epilogue is particularly heavy-handed in the saccharine department -- but overall it's the perfect antidote for the busy yuletide season. Mind you, this novel isn't overly Christmassy, so would make an ideal light read for any time of year.
Warm & cosy (5/5 people found this helpful)
I read this book and couldn't put it down. From the moment I started it I fell in love with the characters and felt like I knew the places where they lived. It's a real feel good, warm & cosy book. Everyone I've lent it to loves it too. This book turned me into a Fannie Flagg fan!
A WARM HUG BOOK (7/9 people found this helpful)
WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK THE FRONT COVER ALONE IS SOMETHING TO SAVOUR. FROM THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH I WAS TRANSPORTED TO A MAGICAL PLACE, THIS BOOK WILL LEAVE YOU NOT WANTING TO PUT IT DOWN TILL THE LAST PAGE,AND THEN YOU ARE WANTING MORE.
FIVE OF MY FREINDS ARE SMITTEN WITH IT TOO AS I HAVE PASSED IT ROUND
LOST RIVER ALAHBAMA IS ONE PLACE I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE.
Just Wonderful! (16/17 people found this helpful)
What a wonderful book to curl up with during the christmas period; heartwarming, kind and a pure breath of fresh air. Just what I needed to escape during the christmas period.
There's not much more I can say, it's so sweet and simple and just lovely and a welcome relief from the real world.
Settle down with a glass of mulled wine and enjoy!
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