About this title: "Steel Magnolias" meets "Fried Green Tomatoes" in this moving and poetically written story of five Southern women whose lives come together in a journey of courage, hope, and humor.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061579523ISBN:0061579521
Description: Fine. William Morrow 2009 SOFTCOVER. Prerelease version. From Johnson's bittersweet and often humorous hen-lit debut portrays the lives of five very different Southern women: compassionate Lorraine, bossy Margaret, grief-stricken Bernice, ambitious April and brusque Rhonda. At the center of this character-driven novel is Lorraine, a nurse at the nursing home where Margaret and Bernice live. As the three women drift into friend, hairdresser Rhonda arrives to take a part-time job, and the older ... read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: WILLIAM MORROW & CO
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061579523ISBN:0061579521
Description: New. "Steel Magnolias" meets "Fried Green Tomatoes" in this moving and poetically written story of five Southern women whose lives come together in a journey of courage, hope, and humor. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061579523ISBN:0061579521
Description: New in new dust jacket. BRAND NEW. Never read or opened. May have remainder mark. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 303 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Date Published: 2009-03-01
ISBN-13:9780061579523ISBN:0061579521
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780061579523. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061579523ISBN:0061579521
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thorndike Pr
Date Published: 2009-05-01
ISBN-13:9781410415240ISBN:1410415244
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781410415240. read more
"Coping with aging parents myself I enjoyed this portrayal of the lives of women in and involved with a nursing home--one of the aides who loves as well as tends her frail and sometimes senile patients, the woman who patiently does the residents' hair on her day off, two friends who reside in the home, and one of their daughters. It was good to be reminded of the respect and love the elderly should be given--and some ways to show it."
"It was easy to picture and identify with the characters in this book. If I had not have known, I would have thought the book was written by a woman. Johnson's characters really came alive."
"This is a "must read" book. Debut novel by Todd Johnson is not to be missed. It tells the tale of five southern women and how this separate lives mesh together. Characters include: Margaret Clayton, fiesty, sharp-as-a-tack, ninety-year-old woman in a nursing home; Bernice Stokes, short on memory due to grief and old age and befriended by Margaret; LPN African American Lorraine who cares for the residents of the nursing home and has suffered a hard life but is a God-fearing woman who believes anyone at any age and stage of illness deserves respect; April, Lorraine's highly intelligent daughter, who is working hard at becoming a physician; and finally, Rhonda, the hair dresser who comes to the nursing home once and week and who has never have love or acceptance in her life. These five women share an unlikely bond that will have you laughing, crying and shaking your head. Though old age and death and main topics, Mr. Johnson has handled them with aplomb and dignity. The characters are vividly depicted, NC vernacular right on the mark and topic wonderfully addressed. This story will stay with you long after you have turned the last page. I definite keeper!"
"A very cute novel. I really enjoyed the characters Margaret and Bernice and the black lady that took care of them. The characters were not as filled out as they could have been, then again the book was only 303 pages long."
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