Weave Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Title of Book: The Mammoth Cheese Author: Sheri Holman Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Virago Press Ltd (31 Aug 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 1844081273 ISBN-13: 978-1844081271 When Manda Frank gives birth to an astonishing eleven babies, the world descends on her home town of Three Chimneys, Virginia. Beneath the intense media spotlight the town begins to give up its long-held secrets: from the unrequited love of August Vaughn, the town's avid Thomas Jefferson impersonator, to the more dangerous and subversive passions of Mr March, the local history teacher. Meanwhile, cheesemaker Margaret Prickett decides to highlight the plight of the rural community by creating 'The Mammoth Cheese' - a 1,235-pound wheel of Cheshire which she plans to parade all the way to Washington - while failing to notice the plight of her own teenage daughter Polly, who is caught up in the dangerous romance of rebellion, and veering precariously towards tragedy... 'The Mammoth Cheese' is a wonderful book, a great story with brilliant characters, you really get drawn into the story, you feel like you part of the town and you know everyone. Rating: 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Darn it...another one for mount 'to be read' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Half way through and see what you mean, feel like I'm there suddenly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 Its written so well I felt x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Yes, I know nothing about the American dairy industry but feel that I do, and am part of the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share Posted April 7, 2007 Yes, I know nothing about the American dairy industry but feel that I do, and am part of the world Oh Louise, snap!, I was telling my sister about jersey cows the other week and she was like what?, I thought a lot of it was really interesting x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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