Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Cold Sassy Tree
Book Review: Nice Story
Summary: 4 Stars
The author did a good job with this true story about her father and his grandfather, adding just enough fiction to keep it interesting while giving the reader a very colorful picture of our American past in Georgia.Book Review: Perspectives on death
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently read this book for our monthly book club. It tells the story of Cold Sassy Tree through the eyes of a young boy. What our book club felt was most interesting was the way the theme of death was the main thread throughout the story. It is one of those rare, but delightful books which keeps you thinking, long after you have read the last page.
Even if death is the theme, the book is amusing and not depressing. The characters are life-like and very real. I recommend this book to any one who enjoys the abstract, as well as the obvious.
Book Review: Truly, a great book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was such a delight. It was so wonderfully written that it really took me back to my childhood and brought back so many memories of my grandfather and the area where I grew up. This book has been on my book shelf since 1985, and I would not read it because some of the events in the beginning of the book were too close to home. It was chosen as a "book club" selection and everyone just raved about how wonderful it was....so I sucked it up and read past the first 100 pages. What a treat! With all the sadness in the book, there are many more things that make you laugh out loud. Please read this book, you will not be DISAPPOINTED!Book Review: Wonderful depiction of a small southern town in the early 1900's
Summary: 4 Stars
According to the flyleaf, this book was written while the author was recovering from cancer. Olive Ann Burns based the book on stories she heard from her parents and other relatives and she recreated the small Georgia town where she grew up, dubbing it Cold Sassy after the local sassafras trees. Her main character is Will Tweedy, a typical 14-year-old boy who has the usual and sometimes unusual adventures of a boy living in Georgia at the turn of the century. Will overhears a lot of conversations about his grandfather who has the audacity to remarry a mere 3 weeks after his first wife dies. This is a delightful book about a bygone era when many people lived near their relatives in a rural setting and everybody knew everyone else's business.
Book Review: fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought Cold Sassy Tree was fantastic! So well written, I was really attached to the characters and felt like I was a part of the story! I had a great time reading this and can not wait to read Leaving Cold Sassy!