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The League For The Suppression Of Celery (2012)

by Wendy Russ(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0985166614 (ISBN13: 9780985166618)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Lascaux Books

review 1: How can you not like, how can you not buy a novel with the title "The League for the Suppression of Celery?" I bought it and I’m glad I did. I is a fun, delightful read. I would have said it is quite the page turner, but I read on Kindle so it is quite the “next-page” button pusher."The League for the Suppression of Celery" is a love story. Will Kate Pearson, a photography major from Arkansas, fall for the seductive charms of her new boss, a boss who harbors a strange secret? Will she choose the smitten computer salesman who follows her across the country? But this is a love story like no other. Kate, gets the improbable job offer to work for one of the nation’s most charismatic celebrity chefs. Kate drives from Arkansas to California in a beat-up car to encounter ... moreas many crazy, hilarious adventures as Hope and Crosby did in their "Road To..." films. Along the way Kate chances upon strawberries with truly strange properties, a woman who makes love potions, a giant pig-roasting event, and The League For the Suppression of Celery, a militant organization like no other."The League for the Suppression of Celery" is a wonderfully quirky and compelling first novel with a well-drawn character. I expect more great books from Wendy Russ.
review 2: Wendy Russ is a gifted author with a sparkling writing voice and an innate, Southern talent for spinning a story. THE LEAGUE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF CELERY is a surprising and deeply satisfying debut from a natural-born writer.Russ's protagonist, Kate Pearson, is a delightful mix of quirky, smart, and insecure, and the novel, for all its many comical and heartfelt turns, is really about Kate embracing her true strength of character on a journey from Arkansas to California, where she may or may not work for the charismatic Warren Hoffman, a celebrity chef who adores fat, scrumptious strawberries as much as Kate does, but who cannot possibly match her loathing for the nasty and despicable celery. Along America's highways and backroads, while entertaining a complicated romance with the slick and married Hoffmann, Kate meets a fascinating mix of characters--some dangerous, some eccentric--one of whom will return to change her life forever.I found THE LEAGUE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF CELERY to be an utterly unique and engrossing read. Russ succeeds in combining the comical absurdity of a league dedicated to wiping out the evils of celery from the world with a sincere love story that's as authentic and touching as anything I've ever read. Most of all, she makes us care about Pearson. It's Kate's growth throughout the novel that lifts this novel from entertaining to memorable.I cannot wait to see what Russ writes next. I'm sure to come along for the ride. less

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