Book Reviews of Big Stone Gap

This was a cute book. Light and fun reading. I enjoy Ms. Trigiani's books because her characters are wonderful and they really "come to life", nothing terribly exciting happens with the plot but I get attached to the characters and want to hear more about their "lives".

The characters in this book were real and fleshed out so that I would not be surprised to meet one of them in a small mideastern state one day!

I enjoyed this book so much that I immediately ordered the next. The characterization is done well enough to feel as though the people are real, days after finishing the book, I felt as though I had visited them.

First time reading this author. I enjoyed it and will probably read her other books. The story was fine tuned and left out enough information to keep a series going. Interesting characters and way of life in Big Stone Gap.

I'm in the minority here, the best I can say is that I didn't hate it. I found this to be vapid and the main character somewhat annoying. I finished it wondering what the big deal was and clearly not interested in reading the rest of the series.

When I started this book I simply could not put it down. I finished the whole series within a week. Great easy read.

Simply wonderful. Loved to read it, hated to finish it.........

"As comforting as a mug of chamomile tea on a rainy Sunday" NYTimes Book Review
"Charming...readers would do well to fall into the nearest easy chair and savor the story." USA Today
"Delightfully quirky...chock-full of engaging, oddball characters and unexpected plot twists." People Book of the Week

Great beginning to what i hope will be a great series!! Adriana Trigiani came very highly recommended to me and she didn't disappoint. Love her writing!

Fabulous novel! Adriana Trigiani is a wonderful writer!

Good southern fiction.

wonderful story!

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the tiny town of Big Stone Gap is home to some of the most charming eccentric in the state. Ave Maria Mulligan is the towns self-proclaimed spinster, a 35 yearl 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 discovers she's not who she always thought she was.

First of three; not at all what I expected, but entertaining.

Amazon.com
In the town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, not much happens. The highlight of 35-year-old Ave Maria Mulligan's week comes on Friday, with the arrival of the Bookmobile, the sight of which sends her into raptures. Her favorite book concerns the ancient Chinese art of reading faces. Through her face-readings, we come to understand the hostilities simmering within her family: her father whose small eyes are the clear "sign of a deceptive nature." Her aunt who "has a small head and thin lips. (That's a terrible combination.)" Adriana Trigiani's first novel concerns the family scandals that befall Ave Maria in this seemingly uneventful town. Greed, lust, envy--all the ancient emotional elements--manifest themselves even in this hamlet of "ordinary folk." Fans of Fannie Flagg or Rebecca Wells will enjoy this down-home tale, full of small, everyday details and colloquial revelations. The writing is often awkward, but so too are the characters who inhabit this place: the Bookmobile lady who thinks of herself as the sexiest woman alive; the amateur actors in the local Outdoor Drama who bristle with ambition when they hear that Elizabeth Taylor is coming to visit. In Big Stone Gap, her visit is so anticipated, it's like she's an angel sent from heaven. --Ellen Williams

A nice story that you can read quickly and remember forever.

nice hometown story about a small town in the mountains of Va.