Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani

`One of my all-time favourite novels' WHOOPI GOLDBERG `Funny, charming and original' FANNIE FLAGG, author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Caf� �How do you face the future when the past won't let you go? Big Stone Gap is a sleepy village where kids get married and start families at eighteen, and stay for ever. So thirty-five-year old Ave Maria Mulligan is something of an oddity. A self-proclaimed spinster, as the local pharmacist she's been keeping the townsfolk's secrets for years. Now Ave Maria is about to discover a scandal in her own family's past that will blow the lid right off her quiet, uneventful life. Soon she's juggling two unexpected marriage proposals and conducting a no-holds-barred family feud. The thought of spending the rest of her life in Big Stone Gap is suddenly overwhelming . . . The ultimate Small Town American novel from the bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. Praise for the BIG STONE GAP series: 'Hilarious and romantic. I couldn't put it down' SARAH JESSICA PARKER 'One of my all-time favourite novels' WHOOPI GOLDBERG `If you love curling up with charming tales of small towns and quirky characters, switch off with this' COSMOPOLITAN 'Delightfully quirky'�PEOPLE 'As comforting as a mug of chamomile tea on a rainy Sunday'�NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Utterly addictive'�GLAMOUR 'As quirky and charming as her first novel. If you are not a fan already, you will be after this' COMPANY 'Honest, wholesome entertainment with a spicy Deep South kick' DAILY MAIL 'As warm and sweet as Southern Comfort' ELLE �