Cold Sassy Tree

Description

Had difficulty with the unfamiliar language spoken by the characters, but once I was able to figure it out I enjoyed the family dynamics. Upon finishing this book, I immediately borrowed "Leaving Cold Sassy".

Description

"Olive Ann Burns's enormously popular bestseller has warmed the hearts of readers since its original publication by Houghton Mifflin in 1984. Now Houghton celebrates its return to our house with a gorgeous new paperback edition. Set in the fictional town of Cold Sassy, Georgia, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Burns's novel centers on the charming fourteen-year-old Will Tweedy. When Grandpa E. Rucker Blakeslee decides to marry the young Miss Love Simpson a mere three weeks after his wife -- Will's grandmother -- has died, he inspires a whirlwind of local gossip. Young Will suddenly finds himself eyewitness to a family scandal, which he gracefully humors and endures; meanwhile, he has his own growing to do and mischief to find"--Publisher description.

First Sentence

THREE WEEKS after Granny Blakeslee died, Grandpa came to our house for his early morning snort of whiskey, as usual, and said to me, Will Tweedy?

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Other Editions

• Cold Sassy TreePaperbackHoughton Mifflin2007-09-04
• Cold Sassy treeTicknor & Fields1984-01-01
• Cold Sassy treeG.K. Hall1985-01-01
• Cold Sassy treeDell Pub.1986-01-01
• Cold Sassy TreeAudio CassetteBrand: Random House Audio1989-03-01
• Cold Sassy TreeAudio CassetteRandom House Audio1989-03-01