Title: Oh Kate
Product review: Kate Vaiden is a girl you want to just shake. Sure she's had it rough- orphaned at age 11 in rural North Carolina in the 1940's after her parents murder suicide. Raised by an aging aunt and uncle who are not exactly Ozzie and Harriet, she makes one disastrous decision after another. So why read it? The beautiful writing of Reynolds Price, that's why. His southern style colloquialisms, dialog and descriptions make this frustrating, depressing train wreck of a life-story a beautiful thing. Some of the things Kate does make no sense, she doesn't stay with who you want her to or do the things you want her to but I could not stop turning the pages to see what would happen next. This is a Southern Literary gem. I would suggest The Good Priest's Son also by Reynolds Price which is one of my favorites.
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