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The Garden Angel
The Garden Angel
Author: Mindy Friddle
Set in a Southern, city-swallowed town, The Garden Angel tells the story of two women and their unlikely friendship. Cutter Johanson is plucky and eccentric, nostalgic about her family's once glorious past. She has her hands full warding off potential buyers from the dilapidated homestead she is determined to keep. Though the neighbor...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312326746
ISBN-10: 0312326742
Publication Date: 6/1/2004
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 30 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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bellasgranny avatar reviewed The Garden Angel on + 468 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 8
I love Southern fiction and this was no exception. This is a wonderful debut novel from Mindy Friddle. The characters are quirky,funny and believable. Ms. Friddle paints beautiful pictures with her words and I felt like I was sitting on Cutter's crumbling old porch watching the story unfold. So cozy and warm, I hated to see it end. Can't wait for her next book.
astream avatar reviewed The Garden Angel on + 38 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I really enjoyed this tale about the redemptive power of friendship, as well as touching on the nuances of living in a family in which you don't quite fit.
tish avatar reviewed The Garden Angel on + 384 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
when this very slow moving novel finally gets to the end...it ends well
but getting there is ponderous. this being her debut book, i hope she gets better editors next time!
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reviewed The Garden Angel on + 20 more book reviews
This book started slowly for me, and I almost put it down. However, I am glad I persisted.
The major characters are rather dysfunctional, but as the story "gells", they work quite well together to advance the story. The quirkiness of the small town setting adds to the development of the story. Plot twists keep one's interest.
If female fiction or Southern fiction appeals to you, you will like this book. I certainly enjoyed it.
bothrootes avatar reviewed The Garden Angel on + 207 more book reviews
This is a great first novel by Mindy Friddle. The Garden Angel is found in the family cemetary in the back yard of the Johanson family home. Cutter spend the entire story trying to save the family home from being sold as her sister and brother want the money over the family heritage. The book is a mix of laughs and sadness as the action unwinds. I enjoyed the book and wanted to know more about the characters even after the story ends.
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This book was very interesting and I thought it had a great ending. I would recommend it.
djw avatar reviewed The Garden Angel on + 15 more book reviews
This book seemed to start out slow for me, but I stuck with and am glad that I did. I ended up loving the characters and how they helped each other through difficult times in their lives. The ending really surprised me, in a good way. Not at all what I would have expected, which I always enjoy. There were some quite humorous scenes that made me laugh out loud. Cutter is a unique character and somebody that it would be fun to hang out with.
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Enjoyable book. The story of an unlikely friendship between two women.
reviewed The Garden Angel on + 104 more book reviews
Wonderful souithern fiction....I was only able to part with this book because I loved it enough to want in hard cover.


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