Hypnotizing Chickens
Leaving home was the best decision Chrys Pickett ever made. She lost her rural accent, got a PhD. and made something of herself, promising she'd never go back to her roots. But when your Nanny needs you and your heart has been smashed to pieces, promises are easily dismissed. The loud, affectionate family welcome and simple Appalachian life--cookouts and church, chickens and dogs in the yard--is just what Chrys needs. She's done with love and family is what matters. Nanny is the one who cooked and cleaned for her when she was little and she doesn't mind caring for Nanny...just for the summer. What she doesn't expect are unsettling family secrets--and being hit between the eyes with an intense attraction to Nanny's physical therapist. Hilarious and poignant, this new novel by Lambda Literary Award winner Julia Watts chronicles a woman's struggle to make sense of who she has become as she is found by love in the place least expected.
Reviews
Carol Bailey@cab
This is the 1st book I've read by this author. I read it on the recommendation of a friend. It was pretty good. I think where this fell short from me was I kept comparing it to books written by Robin Alexander, I was waiting for the laugh. I also felt like there were times in the story where there was some sort of time jump from one chapter to the next. It wasn't cumbersome so much as it made me feel rushed and that the author felt the need to just get on with it. I will give another of her books a shot.