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| Original Title: | The Sugar Queen ASIN B00125MK78 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Josey Cirrini, Della Lee Baker, Chloe Finley |
| Setting: | Bald Slope, North Carolina(United States) North Carolina(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Women's Fiction (2008) |
Sarah Addison Allen
Kindle Edition | Pages: 290 pages Rating: 3.98 | 48380 Users | 5516 Reviews
Itemize Of Books The Sugar Queen
| Title | : | The Sugar Queen |
| Author | : | Sarah Addison Allen |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 290 pages |
| Published | : | May 21st 2008 by Bantam (first published May 20th 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Magical Realism. Romance. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Fantasy. Contemporary |
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Twenty-seven-year-old Josey is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season; she's a sorry excuse for a Southern belle; and sweets are best eaten in the privacy of her hidden closet. For while Josey has settled into an uneventful life in her mother's house, her one consolation is the stockpile of sugary treats and paperback romances she escapes to each night ...Until she finds her closet harboring none other than local waitress Della Lee Baker, a tough-talking, tender-hearted woman who is one part nemesis - and two parts fairy godmother ...Rating Of Books The Sugar Queen
Ratings: 3.98 From 48380 Users | 5516 ReviewsPiece Of Books The Sugar Queen
Sometimes I feel like if I only read Sarah Addison Allen's books, my moods would be so much lighter, brighter. Because even if bad things do happen in her books, you know it's not for keeps. There's an unspoken belief of the world actually being better than it looks, of powers secretly out there to help you or save you. And there's always that magical thing or two that just colors the story with glittery sprinkles. It's a world in which books with things you need to read at that moment simplyYou know how when you are not feeling well you are told to each chicken soup? Well, this is my chicken soup. I love reading books by Sarah Addison Allen, they are comforting, and in an odd way, familiar. Yes, its not as good as Garden Spells, but this one is different. Allen's books have magical realism, southern traditions, quirky characters....what's not to love. This book tells the story of lonely, isolated Josey and the other people who come into her life from town, and how she changes over
3.5 I thought this book was a cute, easy read especially for the winter holidays. Her writing reminds me of Hoffman. A story filled with magic and romance and sadness. I like that her characters are in a tough spot but they persevere to come out better people. This book ended with a surprise ending, kinda creepy for the superstitious in us all...
My lovely book-gifting mother gave me a nice, healthy stack of books for Christmas and among them was THE SUGAR QUEEN. I read and loved Sarah Addison Allen's first novel, Garden Spells, last year on the recommendation of my good friend Michelle. Incidentally, I actually gave my mom Garden Spells for Christmas so there was some fun karmic reciprocity goin' on there. Garden Spells was the perfect autumn read and I finished it itching to get my hands on Allen's second book, which, as it turns out,
Oh I loved this book!The Sugar QueenFive stars! This is a delicious book! A tantalizing, sweet story that you will want to savor. Reading this book is like assembling a large jigsaw puzzle that represents four sides of love. The corners of the puzzle symbolize the four women of the story. There is Josey, a twenty seven year old women, who is living under her mother's thumb. She is still punishing herself over bad behavior committed as a young child. To atone for her supposed transgressions she
Lets seea story about a young single woman who hoards sweets and trashy romance novels in a cache hidden in her closet. Hmm...Im on board! Ill take chocolate and passion on the page over my problems any time. And so we have Josey Cirrini, the twenty-seven-year-old heroine of The Sugar Queen. Shes an almost over-the-hill Southern belle without a life or a date, no privacy from a domineering mother, and now has the town harlot camping out and black-mailing her in her bedroom closet. Whats a girl
The Sugar Queen is a book clearly written for a particular type of woman. And that woman is not me. I'm not immune to the charms of chick lit, but I do require it to be witty, have quirky characters, present a plausible and realistic relationship (notice I did not say a "romance") that is not the axis upon which the main character's world turns, and a strong female lead. After reading Garden Spells by the same author last year, I knew that Sarah Addison Allen did not meet this criteria. Alas, I
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