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Title: Mannered and Self-consciously Folksy
Review: Enough with the cliches and the cutesy "teaching the meaning of friendship" quips! Show! Don't tell! And please! Don't beat me over the head with their goodheartedness. . .The wonderful thing about many really great writers including Ellen Gilchrist, Dorothy Allison, William Styron and others is that while they may be writing about simple people in hard times, they manage to elevate their existence to a state of grace for the reader. They do not insult the intelligence of their readers by assuming that all people who live on farms and quilt as a hobby are as naive and dunderheaded as Queenie. I should have had gloves on while I was reading it was so syrupy. . .
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