“Pinetta, Florida in the 1950’s is nothing but a small town with a filling station and two rival churches. But, to a girl named Berry, it’s her entire world. Narrated through her eyes, this small world becomes vast and rich, filled with characters you’ll come to know, little houses you will live inside and a pervasive heat you will feel all over as you become completely absorbed in this quietly amazing novel. Not unlike Scout’s voice in To Kill a Mockingbird, Berry’s lets us see the ways of her world, its morals and its populace. And then we share her amazement as these people behave in questionable ways, ripping at the fabric of their community. But this is a novel of growth, hope, resilience and redemption. This is one of the finer coming-of-age novels I’ve read.”—Michael, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland. Buy As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me from Annie Bloom’s Books.
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As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me by Nanci Kincaid
August 4, 2011