Praise
"American Pie will lift your heart."
"Southern gothic and soap-opera hype collide exuberantly in a tale about three sisters and their plucky grandma fighting to dispel a family curse in a small Tennessee town."
"Freddie, Eleanor and Jo-Nell McBroom may be the most satisfyingly trio of off-center Southern sisters since Crimes of the Heart, and West (Crazy Ladies) delivers a bawdy and poignant novel to match. . .. . If these gals are a bit too resilient, if no tragedy or mishap sticks too long to their Teflon-coated spirits, that doesn't diminish the charm as West travels effortlessly between the deep-fried South and the arugula-strewn Pacific coast, giving full voice to the McBrooms as they try to sweep their troubles away."
"In this engaging, readable work, full of well-delineated characters, West (She Flew the Coop, LJ 6/15/95) successfully captures the little tensions between sisters and the ties that bind them. Recommended for popular collections."
"West's brash, funny novel is immensely appealing, and it is both a paen to and a send-up of family bonds."
"Southern gothic and soap-opera hype collide exuberantly in West's vivid if hokey third novel (She Flew the Coop, 1994, etc.): a tale of three sisters and their plucky Grandma fighting to dispel a family curse in a small Tennessee town. . . . Colorful, larger-than-life characters strut and stew with zest across an equally colorful terrain--in a tale that grips in spite of itself."
"American Pie will lift your heart."
-Atlanta Journal Constitution
"Southern gothic and soap-opera hype collide exuberantly in a tale about three sisters and their plucky grandma fighting to dispel a family curse in a small Tennessee town."
-Dayton Daily News
"Freddie, Eleanor and Jo-Nell McBroom may be the most satisfyingly trio of off-center Southern sisters since Crimes of the Heart, and West (Crazy Ladies) delivers a bawdy and poignant novel to match. . .. . If these gals are a bit too resilient, if no tragedy or mishap sticks too long to their Teflon-coated spirits, that doesn't diminish the charm as West travels effortlessly between the deep-fried South and the arugula-strewn Pacific coast, giving full voice to the McBrooms as they try to sweep their troubles away."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
"In this engaging, readable work, full of well-delineated characters, West (She Flew the Coop, LJ 6/15/95) successfully captures the little tensions between sisters and the ties that bind them. Recommended for popular collections."
-Library Journal
"West's brash, funny novel is immensely appealing, and it is both a paen to and a send-up of family bonds."
-Booklist
"Southern gothic and soap-opera hype collide exuberantly in West's vivid if hokey third novel (She Flew the Coop, 1994, etc.): a tale of three sisters and their plucky Grandma fighting to dispel a family curse in a small Tennessee town. . . . Colorful, larger-than-life characters strut and stew with zest across an equally colorful terrain--in a tale that grips in spite of itself."
-Kirkus Reviews
