So, this is a really good book that took me away from other types. I loved it! I enjoyed the voices speaking in a Southern accent in my head. The characters were rich, well named and meaningful. It is hard to pinpoint the reasons why I really liked it but I know one was the timeline. I liked the era of the late 60’s and the references. 

As for characters it is hard to say which is a favorite of mine. I liked Uncle Liam and Grandma Edna. Grandma was so much like one of my Grandmothers it was so funny to see the similarities. As for Uncle Liam was one of the characters that that you hated so much but, loved how the author wrote him. I think the same thing goes for Sassy’s Mother. When you get involved and start really thinking about the plot and the minor characters, that is when you are really engaged. I really did need this type of book thrown into my usual mix.

The message you can take away is family, love, secrets, friendships and secrets. Yes secrets, every family has one or a thousand. All which molded Sassy into the adult version of her. Nobody is perfect and we learn by example. So Sassy learned about love but some pretty awful characters.

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Meetb the author:

Vera Jane Cook, writer of Award Winning Women’s Fiction, is the author of The Story of Sassy Sweetwater, Lies a River Deep, Where the Wildflowers Grow, Dancing Backward in Paradise and Annabel Horton, Lost Witch of Salem.

Jane, as she is known to family and friends, was born in New York City and grew up amid the eccentricity of her southern and glamorous mother on the Upper West and Upper East Side of Manhattan.

An only child, Jane turned to reading novels at an early age and was deeply influenced by an eclectic group of authors. Some of her favorite authors today are Nelson DeMille, Calib Carr, Wally Lamb, Anne Rice, Sue Monk Kidd, Anita Shreve, Jodi Picoult, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. Her favorite novels are too long to list but include The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Cheri and The Last of Cheri, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Wuthering Heights, Look at Me, Dogs of Babel, The Bluest Eye, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Body Surfing, Lolita, The Brothers Karamazov, She’s Come Undone, Tale of Two Cities, etc., etc., etc., 

The Story of Sassy Sweetwater is a finalist for the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards for 2012. Her first novel, Dancing Backward in Paradise won the Eric Hoffer Award for publishing excellence and the Indie Excellence Award for notable new fiction, 2007. The Story of Sassy Sweetwater and Dancing Backward in Paradise received five stars from ForeWord Clarion Reviews. The Story of Annabel Horton, Lost Witch of Salem is her first paranormal novel. 

The author works by day for an education publishing company as an account manager and lives on the Upper West side of Manhattan with her long term partner, her Pomeranian, Daisy, her Basenji/Chihuahua mix, Roxie, her Chihuahua, Peanut and her two pussy cats, Sassy and Sweetie Pie.

Vera Jane Cook’s Website: http://www.verajanecook.com/ 

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