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Search - Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
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Book Description:
For Katherine Givens and the four women about to become her best friends, the adventure begins with a UPS package. Inside is a pair of red sneakers filled with ashes and a note that will forever change their lives. Katherines oldest and dearest friend, the irrepressible Annie Freeman, left one final requesta traveling funeraland she wants the most important women in her life as pallbearers.
From Sonoma to Manhattan, Katherine, Laura, Rebecca, Jill, and Marie will carry Annies ashes to the special places in her life. At every stop theres a surprise encounter and a small miracle waiting, and as they whoop it up across the country, attracting interest wherever they go, they share their deepest secretstales of broken hearts and second chances, missed opportunities and new beginnings. And as they grieve over what theyve lost, they discover how much is still possible if only they can unravel the secret Annie left them....
From Sonoma to Manhattan, Katherine, Laura, Rebecca, Jill, and Marie will carry Annies ashes to the special places in her life. At every stop theres a surprise encounter and a small miracle waiting, and as they whoop it up across the country, attracting interest wherever they go, they share their deepest secretstales of broken hearts and second chances, missed opportunities and new beginnings. And as they grieve over what theyve lost, they discover how much is still possible if only they can unravel the secret Annie left them....
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Melody L. (
11 member(s) found this review helpful.
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral is an emotional ride. Be prepared to be flipped inside out and shed a few tears. A heart warming story.
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
I did not like this book. The dialogue was stilted and false, the relationships contrived, and it dragged on and on. Too pop psych navel gazing for me.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book is now on my all time favorite list. Kris Radish writes for women about women. She has a way of making me relate to each and every character on many different levels. The story, about several women and their relationship to a deceased friend, can be sad and bittersweet, but at the same time, joyful, funny and exhilarating. Don't miss this one. I can't wait to read more from Radish.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really wanted to love this book. But, the author keeps going overboard with the sentimentality, to the point of nausea. She is waxing rhapsodic all through the book, to the point where you can't love or relate to the characters, because they seem so much more feeling and deep and not-real than yourself.
Kathy A. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not totally realistic but a wonderful story of women and their ability to love and care for each other emotionally. I laughed and cried, then I laughed and cried some more.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a terrific read. I started it on one day and didn't put it down until I was finished. I wish I had an Annie Freeman in my life!!!
Kathleen A. from S PORTLAND, ME wrote on 6/20/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this book. One of the best I've read in a while. A times a bit too sappy but it was very heartfelt, well written and thought provoking.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
i laughed and cried out loud during this book... the dialogue this author writes is EXCELLENT...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
i found the book to be a bit of a slow read. so often i just felt like screaming at teh book "get on with it". otherwise and enjoyable, insprational read. made me want to do something spontaneous and live a little!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
While the idea of getting a group of your girlfriends together with your ashes for the ultimate funereal road trip initially sounds intriguing and might get you to pick up this book, Kris Radish's treatment of the subject matter is disappointingly overblown, repetitive, and self-indulgent.
If you want a good cry, watch "Beaches" or "Terms of Endearment" instead. This book feels a little forced, like the author is trying to suck your tears into that hanky instead of relying on basic human emotion to let it happen.
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Loved this book!
This is a great story about the friendship of women. Five women, who have never met, yet "know" each other through Annie, follow directions she left for them before she died. Annie takes them on a trip across America where they find tales of broken hearts, deep secrets, missed opportunities, second chances, and new beginnings.
This is definitely a "feel-good" book and gives a whole new and deeper meaning to the friendships in our lives.
When I picked the book up, I thought it would be comical, not even close. The characters were well developed, but I didn't think it was such a fabulous trip......
Loved, loved, loved this book. Beautifully written. A wonderful story of friendship between women. I am buying red sneakers. This made me appreciate my female friends, and the bonds we share, even more. READ IT.
I loved this book. The first few images of the book were so hilariously real to (my) life. It had me hooked from the start. Very life affirming. I sent this book round robin to several of my girlfriends and to my mother. A woman's must read, in my opinion.
Wow! This book was so moving. I could not put it down. Must read for all women!!!!! All I can say is WOW!!
Jamie W. from PEACHTREE CTY, GA wrote on 3/3/2007...A great fun read!
Friends provide Annie with a traveling funeral to celebrate her life and learn much about themselves.
Claudia D. from EAST FALMOUTH, MA wrote on 10/20/2006...A great read!
Connie E. (Was pretty good. Dragged a little at the end.