Please join me at Rose City Reader for today’s edition of Book Beginnings. The book I am spotlighting today is the 2nd of a 3 book series by Adriana Trigiani called “Big Cherry Holler”. It continues the story of Ave Maria, a small town pharmacist and self proclaimed “spinster” that is a spinster no more. Here are the first lines:
“The rain is coming down on this old stone house so hard, it seems there are a hundred tap dancers on the roof.”
What a picture those few words paint! I can just see an old stone farmhouse up in the mountains with rain just pouring down around it. It seems a little gloomy at first, but if you think about it, the hominess of the situation can shine through as well.
This series of books is so good and the stories told by Ms. Trigiani ring true even though they are fiction. The characters are so real and relatable that you think she might be writing about you or your next door neighbor. I can’t recommend them enough!
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