My colleague Connie from Outreach Services kicks off the week with this review:
The Sweet By and By explores the relationships between five very different Southern women and the lasting effect they have on each other.
Lorraine is raising her daughter, April, while working as a practical nurse in a North Carolina health care center. She is especially close to Margaret, a woman who is trying to cope with all the attendant aspects of aging, and Bernice, a woman who is living in her own world. Enter Rhonda, a young hairdresser who gets to know these women as she earns extra money on weekends working at Ridgecrest Nursing Center.
We learn a little about each of their lives, and a lot about how we live and die… and the impact we can have on one another. I listened to the audio version of this book and enjoyed hearing each woman speak in her own dialect. I slowly got into the characters, and by the end, I wanted to keep them around to enjoy a little longer. I think you will, too.
Book clubs will find it reminiscent of other selections like The Help, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, The Friday Night Knitting Club, or The Persian Pickle Club.
Check the WRL catalog for The Sweet By and By.
Check the WRL catalog for the audiobook of The Sweet By and By.
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