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Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3)
Milk Glass Moon - Big Stone Gap, Bk 3
Author: Adriana Trigiani
Transporting us from Ave Maria's home in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Italian Alps, from New York City to the Tuscan countryside, Milk Glass Moon is the story of a shifting mother-daughter relationship, of a daughter's first love and a mother's heartbreak, of an enduring marriage that contains its own ongoing challen...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780743450881
ISBN-10: 0743450884
Publication Date: 2/5/2007
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Gardners Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Ladyslott avatar reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 113 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
The third book in the Big Stone Gap series. While I really enjoyed the first two books in this series, Big Stone Gap and Big Cherry Holler, I found this one to be just okay, a little better than average.

The main character of this book is Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney. In the first two books I really loved her character and her choices in life. This time I wanted to shake her more than once. Instead of the strong character from the first two books she seemed whiney and even shrewish at times, especially within her relationship to her teenaged daughter. I also felt he book seemed rushed, going through years with the turn of a page.

That said I still enjoy the eccentric characters, and the beautiful descriptions, especially of Italy. And I love Jack Mac, Ave's true blue husband; even though I think his appearances here were mostly to calm down Ave after one of her outbursts.

Not as good as the first two, but still gets extra points for bringing me on another trip to Big Stone Gap, which probably won't happen again, as it appears as if there is another book in the series it will be centered elsewhere.
sewingnancyl avatar reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 78 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
The continuing story of Stone Gap Creek and the lives of the members of the town. Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney was never a devotee of tarot cards and crystal balls. But when the fortune-teller at the county fair suggests she "redream" her life, Ave Maria figures maybe a little redirection is in order.
Beautifully written contemporary story of a family and the choices they make.
reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on
Helpful Score: 2
If you loved Big Stone Gap, you will enjoy Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani. A quick enjoyable read with the usual colorful charaters you expect from a Trigiani novel. Set in the Appalachian mountains the story weaves back and forth between Cracker's Neck Holler, New York City, and Italy.

Trigiani takes this opportunity to delve into the relationships of mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, and best friends, even best friends with benefits.

If you are looking for a quick enjoyable read that will draw you in with it's country down home charm and make you want to put your feet up and read some more, go ahead and pick it up and take a load off.
reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 72 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This was my least favorite book in the series but still a must read if you are a fan of Jack Mac and Ave Maria. I felt like the author tried to cover too much time in too few pages so I had the impression of being rushed along.
reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is the third book in the Big Stone Gap series. I grew up in Big Stone Gap, so I loved this series.
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MKSbooklady avatar reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 937 more book reviews
The third of the big Stone Gap books. By now we all know Ave Maria MacChesney well.As well as Jack, her patient and most of the time loyal husband, daughter Etta, who grows up through these books, and a score of Big Stone Gap friends. If you are a fan of Italy, food, and geography, you will enjoy this book even more. This is for the most part, a happy love filled book, with just enough humor and life to make it real.
reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 4 more book reviews
Well written, good read.
reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 1568 more book reviews
A delightful addition to the Big Stone Gap series.

From back cover:
Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney was never a devotee of tarot cards and crystal balls. But when the fortune-teller at the county fair suggests she 'redream' her life, Ave Maria figures maybe a little redirection is in order. After all, her daughter has hit every parent's nightmare: puberty.
Ave Maria used to think that motherhood was life's one permanent job, but not anymore. It's the only on in which your skills become totally obsolete overnight. o in the face of coed parties, starter bras, and frank sex talks--and with her husband, Jack, playing the cool, mellow dad--Ave Maria tries to prepare herself for the day when Etta will rebel big time.
Everyone in Big Stone Gap knows it's coming: Crusty cashier Fleety has warned her, delightfully naughty Iva Lou has consoled her, even new mother Pearl understands--but that doesn't make it any easier. From the Bottom of the Cumberland Gap to the top of Cracker's Neck Holler, and across the ocean to the Italian Alps of her family's homeland, Ave Maria's world will never be quite the same again . . . especially now that there's a teenager smack dab in the middle of it.
kbarr avatar reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 9 more book reviews
A mother grows up and changes as her daughter grows up. This book reminds me what it means to be a mother, loving her child and letting her find her own path in the world. It reminds me that one of the hardest lessons in parenting is how to let go and accept that your child is no longer a child.
reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 391 more book reviews
I love this series so much sooo well written :)
theshrone avatar reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 37 more book reviews
A great sequel and series of books!
reviewed Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Bk 3) on + 529 more book reviews
Pat W. (3ladybug) - This book was read not having read the oather two books in the series first. It was good by itself. Trigiani's writing of Big Stone Gap "talk" was fun to read.
The author's wit with the character's is amusing as well
as the character's names.
Ave Maria's challenges as a mother are well-written.
Her daughter's first love; the Tuscan country-side and a mother's heartbreak.....


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