Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani

Big Stone Gap. Well, im so glad i was given this book rather than wasting my money! The author just rambles on, theres no real story line. She randomly puts recipes in the middle of the page! For example, they will be eating at a cafe, and the author will put the recipe for the "cafe specials" on the page! Like who cares!!! I want a story not a cook book! If i wanted a cook book, i would have looked under Jamie Oliver or Nigella Lawson etc, not for a supposidly entertaining good read!! Don't buy it unless you want a recipe for cornbread or ...

When the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker and Whoopi Goldberg are quoted on the front a book it certainly makes you take notice. I was in my local Waterstones browsing (as I often do) and I happened to pick up “Big Stone Gap” by Adriana Trigiani. There on the front cover was a quote from Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City) describing the book as , “Hilarious, romantic. I couldn’t put it down – a real page turner” and then just as I wanted to read more and find out what exactly the novel was about. Whoopi Goldberg was quoted on the back as saying it was one of her favourite novels. I am not so naïve as to think everything endorsed by a ...