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Eat, Drink, And Be From Mississippi (2009)

by Nanci Kincaid(Favorite Author)

3.38 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0316009156 (ISBN13: 9780316009157)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

review 1: I grabbed this book because I had no fiction on hand and the train was coming. I was a bit leery, both because of the title (a bit too cute) and the way the author spelled her first name. Yes, I judge a book by its cover, it's author's name and its title, along with a host of other things. But 5o pages in, I was hooked and want to read everything Nanci Kincaid has ever written.The synopsis of the book is a bit off. Don't get impatient because you are pretty far in and the "troubled teenager" hasn't shown up yet; he arrives in the second half of the book. The first half is a leisurely meander though Truley's life, getting him from Mississippi to California and from high school student to successful entrepreneur. After that enjoyable setup we can make room for the trou... morebled teenager.Every once in awhile I get to read a book with delightful characters. Funny, interesting and flawed, I fall in love with them all. Add to that, the fact that Kincaid has some nice turns of phrase and you can take my recommendation that you sit yourself down with a nice book.
review 2: This started out as the story of Truely, who grew up in Mississippi and then moved to California to attend college. I enjoyed the story when it was about Truely, his sister, and his family. However, somewhere in the story the focus shifted to a young street kid, Arnold, who moves in with Truely after his divorce. Arnold's story just didn't seem to fit the "Mississipi" feel of the beginning of the book, and I didn't enjoy the story as much after that. less

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