Maria Coffey

Advantages: Wonderful Storyline, Serial Novel, a Classic!!
Disadvantages: Well...can I come back to you?

...everyone approaches him, the large Negro has one twin in each hand. He is crying his eyes out, and shouts, "I tried to take it back, but it was too late' and John Coffey is arrested for the rape and murder of the Detterick Twins, and sentenced to death. When he arrives at Cold Mountain he says, my name is John Coffey like the drink only spelt different! Part 2 – The Mouse on the Mile! This part of the book concentrates on the influence of Mr Jingles, the mouse of Del. It tells how Mr Jingles would come out from under the restraint room, and make his way over to the duty desk. Mr Jingles was a very clever mouse, he knew who to trust and who not to trust. He trusted that of Paul Edgecombe anyway, and never liked the smell of Percy Wetmore, the prisoner guard with the aunt high up. Mr Jingles would appear and the prison guards... Read review

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Advantages: A light read that will keep you fully entertained
Disadvantages: Difficult to get into if you haven't read the previous two

...The story of Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney which began with Big Stone Gap and continued with Big Cherry Holler comes to a conclusion here. The characters and plot are as well drawn as ever, and you feel fully involved in their lives. We live with them the full range of human experience and emotion, from first love and the birth of a child through the trials and tribulations of a marriage to the finality of the death of a loved one. All your favourite characters are back - Ave Maria herself and husband Jack MacChesney - still very much in love despite their somewhat frustrating ability to discuss this or any other issue. Also back is their daughter Etta, and much of the book centres around her struggle to deal with the traumas of adolescence and the problems Ave Maria has in parenting her through this. Also back for more are Ave... Read review

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Advantages: a book to inspire you
Disadvantages: none

...(updated 17.12.2003) "Every once in a while a book comes along that can change your life–a book so special, it is destined not just to be read but to be cherished, to be passed from one reader to another as a precious gift". Sometimes you read a book and it touches you inside and stays with you for a long time - this is one of those books. It is the most inspiring uplifting story i think i have ever read. It is a book written by a mother who lost her young daughter to cancer, her experiences and her feelings. Hannah, Maria Housden’s daughter, is diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 2, and her mother writes the book after her death. It chronicles Hannah’s last year, her surgery, her birthday, starting pre-school, chemotherapy, and the doctors and nurses she meets at hospital. Maria gives birth to another baby girl, and soon... Read review

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