Big Stone Gap
31/12/01
By Adriana Trigiani
Big Stone Gap is an incredibly sweet story of the “old maid” Ave Maria, who lives in the mining town called Big Stone Gap.. Big Stone Gap surprised me a lot! I was expecting a rather boring biography decided to read it anyway – and boy was I wrong ;o)
*Review from randomhouse.com:
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the tiny town of Big Stone Gap is home to some of the most charming eccentrics in the state. Ave Maria Mulligan is the town’s self-proclaimed spinster, a thirty-five year old pharmacist with a “mountain girl’s body and a flat behind. She lives an amiable life with good friends and lots of hobbies until the fateful day in 1978 when she suddenly discovers that she’s not who she always thought she was. Before she can blink, Ave’s fielding marriage proposals, fighting off greedy family members, organizing a celebration for visiting celebrities, and planning the trip of a lifetime–a trip that could change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Brimming with humor and wise notions of small-town life, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book with a giant heart. . . .
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