New Mercies
Written by Sandra Dallas
Narrated by Nicole Poole
3.5/5
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Sandra Dallas
SANDRA DALLAS, dubbed “a quintessential American voice” by Jane Smiley in Vogue Magazine, is the author of over a dozen novels, including Little Souls and Where Coyotes Howl, many translated into a dozen languages and optioned for films. Six-time winner of the Willa Award and four-time winner of the Spur Award, Dallas was a Business Week reporter for 35 years, and began writing fiction in 1990. She has two daughters and lives with her husband in Denver and Georgetown, Colorado.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dallas turns her attention to the deep South in her latest historical novel, inspired by the real-life murder of the “goat lady” in Natchez Mississippi.The time is 1933. Nora Bondurant Tate, barely recovering from her divorce just about a year previously, has been notified that an aunt she didn’t know she had has left her entire estate to Nora. She leaves Denver for Natchez with the mistaken notion that she’ll be staying at Avoca, the house that has been in the Bondurant family since before ‘the Unpleasantness’ (i.e. Civil War). But when she arrives she finds the place nearly in ruins, guarded by two servants, who have been with the family since the days of slavery.It’s not easy adjusting to this new climate and the secretive ways of Natchez society. As she goes about settling her aunt’s estate she finds that there are rules of social conduct of which she’s completely unaware; and several people feel free to tease her with innuendo about what really happened.Dallas does an adequate job and her novel moves quickly. But I found her characters somewhat wooden in this effort. Also, I got tired of the “southernism–followed–by–‘English’–translation” device. And, I guessed the “secrets” (both of them) very early on. Still, I love Sandra Dallas … this is just not her best work. I recommend [The Diary of Mattie Spenser] instead.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Set in 1933 in Denver and Natchez, MS. A woman divorces her husband, but keeps the reason a secret. Then he's in a plane crash.
Nora's father died when she was three and no one from his family acknowledged him, so when Nora received a wire from an attorney saying she'd inherited the family home she was a little perplexed.
This is a quick, easy read. The characters aren't fully developed, but Nora's character grows and the others are interesting enough to keep the reader turning pages. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What a great book - a nice combination of two compelling stories. Nora Bondurant in this story is the granddaughter of Alice Bullock of "Alice's Tulips" and there is a sense of satisfaction in catching a glimpse of "what happened" to those characters. Nora is suffering a great hurt when she goes to take care of the estate of an unknown relative. As she unravels the secrets of her aunt, she also begins to come to terms with her own failed marriage.