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Eat, Drink and Be From Mississippi
Written by Nanci Kincaid
Narrated by T. Ryder Smith
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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With several acclaimed novels under her belt, Nanci Kincaid is praised for her raw, edgy Southern tales. Leaving their sleepy Mississippi home behind, brother and sister Truely and Courtney Noonan head west. There they drift apart, only to reunite, as they lay down new roots in Southern California. ". this unsentimental story about the forging of an unorthodox family has universal appeal."-Publishers Weekly
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Reviews for Eat, Drink and Be From Mississippi
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5this looked like it would be a charming, quirky character driven book, and it was for the first 1/4. Then it became predictable, trite and preachy. Too bad! my run of great reads has ended! On to the next...
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This charming novel doesn't break any new ground, but its affirmation that opening one's heart to another person is the surest way to open our owns was lovely. Long a fan of Nanci Kincaid's novels, most notably Balls and Verbena, I was surprised and delighted to find another fresh voice from her. Some novelists -- even the great ones -- have a recognizable style and pattern that becomes predictable over time, but not Nanci. What a treat!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The story follows a brother and sister who've relocated out of the South and yet spend the rest of their life dealing with that disconnection. Kincaid does her best to coax you into believing this Souther malaise; however, it made me severely disconnected from the characters and the story as a whole. I wanted to scream at them go back to the South, which they never do. It had a great start, but somewhere before the middle turned into Faulkner meets SNL's the whiners.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Truely and Courtney Noonan are wonderfully drawn sympathetic but flawed characters. Although they are from Mississippi, this is not what I would call a southern novel. They are transplants to California, Courtney first and Truely follows, much to the dismay of their parents. They each seem to have found their ideal mates and for a while, they have. These losses actually bring the siblings back together and the bond they share is a lot soul, a teenage black boy named Arthur. Kincaid creates wonderful characters and shows how we can create our own families.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I was expecting this to be a quirky Southern novel, which would have been fun. But it was actually a compelling (but in no ways didactic) exploration of what happens when Southerners leave the South as well as an exploration of race and class. Great characters, smooth writing.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nanci Kincaid has created a beautiful, delightful, sweet story in Eat, Drink and Be From Mississippi. The title alone told me that I would be in for a wonderful reading experience from a Southern writer. This is the story of Truely Noonan and his older sister Courtney. They were born and raised in Mississippi by caring parents, but both left early in life and sought their fortunes in California. Now both are successful, have more money than they know what to do with and live in fine homes. Unfortunately, both have marriages that have crumbled or are crumbling. Into this picture comes Arnold, a young African American male, who is one of the most engaging characters I’ve read about in a long time. I couldn’t help but smile almost every time Arnold spoke. This is a story of family, perhaps not the traditional family of mom, dad and some children, but family nonetheless. Truely and Courtney are both genuinely good people who take Arnold in and offer him a life he could never hope to achieve on his own. This is an excellent story told with true Southern charm. It’s the kind of story you hate to see end and the characters stay with you long after you read the last page. I highly recommend this book to those who love Southern literature or just a kind, sweet story.