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Leaving Cold Sassy
Leaving Cold Sassy
Author: Olive Ann Burns
Anyone who came under the spell of Olive Ann Burns's classic novel Cold Sassy Tree will delight in Leaving Cold Sassy, which returns to the story of the unforgettable Will Tweedy. In 1917, twenty-five-year-old Will now faces the complexities of adult life. He grapples with the influences of the modern world on his cherished Georgia hometown, whi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780618919802
ISBN-10: 0618919805
Publication Date: 9/4/2007
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Mariner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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WalnutStreetBooks avatar reviewed Leaving Cold Sassy on
Helpful Score: 3
Leaving Cold Sassy is the follow-up book to Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns.

This book is a combination of Mrs. Burn's unfinished sequel to Cold Sassy Tree, notes regarding the sequel and Mrs. Burn's life and final days.

The novel part of the book reads more like a romance. I did not find any great, enduring message in it, like I did in Cold Sassy Tree.

I brought this book because I loved Cold Sassy Tree so much that I wanted to read more. I was so disappointed I did not even finish this book.

I would recommend that you save your time and not read this book. A great sequel to Cold Sassy Tree, written by Olive Ann Burns is just not to be.

Respectfully submitted,

Marla Mae
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Helpful Score: 2
What was a surprise to me in this book was half of it was about Olive Ann Burns' own life, most of which I knew nothing about. What a brave, selfless person she was! I recommend the book not only to read about the unfinished book she wrote, but mostly about her.
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Helpful Score: 1
Short sequel to Cold Sassy Tree since the author died of cancer before she could finish the book. Also contains her notes for ideas for the rest of the book and her struggle with her disease.
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Helpful Score: 1
I loved Cold Sassy Tree, and while Olive Ann Burns was not able to complete this sequel, it gives one much food for thought and an interesting insight into the author's own life.
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As someone who loved Cold Sassy Tree, I was ... underwhelmed ... by the story part of this book.

And by "I was underwhelmed," I mean I didn't like it. At all.

It seemed much more shallow than CST, and I couldn't quite believe that some of the characters (namely, Will Tweedy and Papa) would act as they did. And the thing of Will and Sampson calling one another "Uncle" really annoyed me for some reason.

So why did I rate this as highly as I did? Well, for as little as I enjoyed Olive Ann Burns' writing here, the second half or so of the book is a biography of Burns by her editor, and that section was very interesting -- I hadn't even known there had been a TV movie made of the first book! If you're a big fan of CST, between the unfinished part of the novel (bad though it is) and the biography, it's probably worth it to get this.
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The first book "Cold Sassy Tree" was one of the best books I have ever read. While I loved hearing more about Will and his family in this book, I was a little disappointed. It was a little hard to follow and it seemed like Will's character was changed in some way. It was still a good story but it didn't have the same feeling that the first book had.
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The book is interesting as a biography of Olive Ann Burns and as a chronicle of a writer's task. However, as a sequel to Cold Sassy Tree, it is tantalizing, but unsatisfying.


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