Title: Miss
Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society: A Novel
Author: Amy Hill Hearth
Review: I’ve
read a few disappointing books lately and was a bit worried about this title,
but no need to worry after all….I LOVED IT!!! Get this book and read it...
Yes I loved this
book. What a fun, thought-provoking look
at life in Florida in the early 60’s.
The characters were well written, diverse and interesting to boot. Tracy
is a woman to get behind. She is
unsatisfied with her life and goes out and changes things for the better. She does this in her own life so she sees no
reason not to do it for others.
Sometimes that is a mistake, but she seems to roll with the punches very
well. She admits her mistakes, maybe
not right away but eventually. A friend
in deed is this woman and the people who befriend her back, are changed
forever(in a good way.)
The main characters form an interesting group of mis-fits who find a home with each other, even with their huge differences. I loved the way they talked in the group, the
dialogue was quick and easy to read. The
book flowed well and read fast. I would
loved to have been at one of their book meetings and even think I could have
fit in well there. Maybe a mis-fit in my
own right and yet ready for friends like these who will stand up for you in a pinch and
love you no matter what or who you really are…of course a true friend already
knows…maybe even before you do.
This is a feel good
book with an ending that will make you laugh and maybe even cry. A braver woman has never been, walking around
in a housecoat and muddy legs at a festival….you have to read this book. When I finished it I put it down reluctantly and
thought, “Wow, that was a good book and a great way to spend the afternoon.” If you enjoy women’s fiction then you will
enjoy this book. I’ve read three others
this week and this one stands heads and shoulders above the others. Funny, heartwarming, feel-good reading that I
wish more books were like. If you
enjoyed, The Help, you will enjoy this book even with the differences. This is a book for anyone. Go out there and buy a copy today…you won’t
be disappointed.
Publisher: Expected publication: October 2nd 2012
by Atria Books
ISBN: 9781451675238
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 272
Quick Review: 5 stars (out of 5)-
Why I Read It:
Sent by the publisher for review.
Synopsis: This book has been chosen as the
January 2013 Main Selection of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club, the largest
"meeting and discussing" book club in the world, with more than 500
chapters.
A brilliant debut
novel from a New York Times bestselling author about a transplanted wife from
Boston who arrives in Florida in the 1960s, starts a literary salon, and shakes
up the status quo.
In 1962, Jackie Hart
moved to Naples, Florida, from Boston with her husband and children. Wanting
something personally fulfilling to do with her time, she starts a reading club
and anonymously hosts a radio show, calling herself Miss Dreamsville.
The racially
segregated town falls in love with Miss Dreamsville, but doesn’t know what to
make of Jackie, who welcomes everyone into her book club, including a woman who
did prison time for allegedly killing her husband, a man of questionable sexual
preference, a young divorcee, as well as a black woman.
By the end of this
novel, you’ll be wiping away the tears of laugher and sadness, and you just may
become a bit more hopeful that even the most hateful people can see the light
of humanitarianism, if they just give themselves a chance.
Author Biography: Amy Hill Hearth's first novel,
"Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society,"
will be published Oct. 2 by Atria/Simon & Schuster. Called "a funny
and charming fiction debut" by Publisher's Weekly and "fun to
read" by Kirkus Reviews, the novel has been chosen as a Reader's Digest
Select Book (May 2013 volume) and as a Main Selection (January 2013) of the
Pulpwood Queens Book Club, the largest "reading and discussing" book
club in the world, with more than 500 chapters.
Ms. Hearth (pronounced
HARTH) is the author or co-author of seven nonfiction books including
"Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years," the New York
Times bestselling oral history about two African-American sisters who were the
daughters of a slave. That book was adapted for the Broadway stage (1995) and
an award-winning T.V. film (1999) with the actress Amy Madigan ("Field of
Dreams," "Places in the Heart") playing the role of Amy Hill
Hearth.
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