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Bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb, internationally acclaimed for the "quiet fire"* of her Appalachian Ballad novels, clearly has a dark side--a wicked, sardonic wit that has prompted critics to compare her to Jane Austen and Jonathan Swift.
Readers and reviewers alike also have lauded Ms. McCrumb for her inspired chronicles of forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. In her newest tale in the MacPherson saga, McCrumb examines society's fascination with beauty--and the deceptiveness of outer appearances. Elizabeth herself, hospitalized for depression over her missing husband, learns that insanity liberates one from polite hypocrisy, enabling a "crazy lady" to remark: "Anorexia is not a disease; it's a career move."
Out in the real world, Elizabeth's brother Bill has bought a stately old mansion to use as his law office, only to find that the house comes with a charming codger-in-residence who is far too old to be a dangerous outlaw. . . isn't he? Meanwhile, the steel magnolia who is Bill's law partner is trying to track down the PMS Outlaws--an escaped convict and her fugitive attorney--who are cruising pickup joints and wreaking a peculiar vengeance on lust-crazed men.
Sharyn McCrumb's incisive wit and her genius for mirroring everyday life are once again on full display. The PMS Outlaws is an outrageous parable of modern mores, where beauty is the weapon, and nobody is safe.
*The New York Times Book Review
Readers and reviewers alike also have lauded Ms. McCrumb for her inspired chronicles of forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. In her newest tale in the MacPherson saga, McCrumb examines society's fascination with beauty--and the deceptiveness of outer appearances. Elizabeth herself, hospitalized for depression over her missing husband, learns that insanity liberates one from polite hypocrisy, enabling a "crazy lady" to remark: "Anorexia is not a disease; it's a career move."
Out in the real world, Elizabeth's brother Bill has bought a stately old mansion to use as his law office, only to find that the house comes with a charming codger-in-residence who is far too old to be a dangerous outlaw. . . isn't he? Meanwhile, the steel magnolia who is Bill's law partner is trying to track down the PMS Outlaws--an escaped convict and her fugitive attorney--who are cruising pickup joints and wreaking a peculiar vengeance on lust-crazed men.
Sharyn McCrumb's incisive wit and her genius for mirroring everyday life are once again on full display. The PMS Outlaws is an outrageous parable of modern mores, where beauty is the weapon, and nobody is safe.
*The New York Times Book Review
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Side splitting prose, incredibly well done series. Sharyn Crumb's ability to weave a good tale makes you laugh out loud while you are getting your "who dun it" fix.
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Sharyn McCrumb is always a pleasure. This yarn won't disappoint. It's another Elizabeth MacPherson novel, so reading earlier Elizabeth MacPherson tales is recommended but not necessary to understand the story.
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Ninth in the series. Wish she would write more about Elizabeth.
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Exceptionaly funny with a thelma and louise type humor
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This book is the funniest thing I've read in a long time! I highly recommend it.
Hospitalized for depression over her missing husband, forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson is pleased to discover that insanity liberates one from polite hypocrisy. Out in the real world, Elizabeth's brother, Bill, has bought a stately old mansion to use as his law office, only to find that the house comes with a charming codger-in-residence who is far too old to be a dangerous outlaw...isn't he? Meanwhile, Bill's law partner is trying to track down the PMS Outlaws - an escaped convict and her fugitive attorney - who are cruising pickup joints and wrecking a peculiar vengeance on lust-crazed men.
Gail B. (If I could come up with a word that meant quirky and great -- I need to buy a vowel!
Elizabeth comes to terms with the loss of her husband in this novel. Her brother and his partner have issues of their own. Of course, they become inter-mingled. Good read. I like these characters.
Debra - Melbourne, FL wrote on 8/1/2006...witty....sad: Hospitalized for depression over her missing husband learns that insanity liberates one....
really good book, lots of humor and interesting discussion of grief, beauty, etc. I really enjoyed it a lot.
Elaine (From back cover:
Hospitalized for depression over her missing husband, forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson is pleased to discover that insanity liberates one from polite hypocrisy. Out in the real world, Elizabeth's brother, Bill, has bought a stately old mansion to use as his law office, only to find that the house comes with a charming codger-in-residence who is far too old to be a dangerous outlaw...isn't he? Meanwhile, Bill's law partner is trying to track down the PMS Outlaws--an escaped convict and her fugitive attorney--who are cruising pickup joints and wreaking a particular vengeance on lust-crazed men.
Another in the series of McCrumb's Elizabeth MacPherson's books
When A. P. Hill's old law school classmate, P. J. Purdue, makes the tabloids as one half of "The PMS Outlaws" things begin happening all over. Also worth mentioning is the fact that Elizabeth MacPherson has checkrd herself into the Cherry Hill treatment center in order to deal with the depression she feels after the apparent death of her husband at sea. McCrumb's usual great bill of fare.
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