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Olive Ann Burns

    Olive Ann Burns war über lange Zeit ihres Berufslebens eine professionelle Schriftstellerin, Journalistin und Kolumnistin. Sie veröffentlichte zwei Romane, einen posthum, und arbeitete viele Jahre als Redakteurin für Zeitungen und Zeitschriften in Atlanta. Ihr gefeiertster Roman schildert lebendig das Leben auf dem ländlichen Süden und das Erwachsenwerden eines Jungen an der Schwelle zum 20. Jahrhundert. Burns' Prosa fängt die Atmosphäre der Epoche meisterhaft ein und erkundet einfühlsam das Innenleben ihrer Charaktere.

    Leaving Cold Sassy
    Cold Sassy Tree
    • Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann  Burns unforgettable story of a Georgia town at the  turn of the century, has captivated millions of  readers with its tale of Grandpa Blakeslee, his young  bride Miss Love, and the irrepressible fiteen-year-old Will Tweedy. Throughout her long battle with cancer, Olive Ann Burns worked passionately on a sequel to this magical book. Only during her final  days did she realize she wouldn't complete it, dictating from her hospital bed her wishes that the  finished chapters be published. The result  is Leaving Cold Sassy - a portait of the grown-up Will Tweedy; of the feisty  young schoolteacher who captures his heart; of the town that has claimed a place in the American imagination; and, in a fascinating reminiscence by her editor, of Olive Ann Burns, a writer who didn't get a chance to finish her extraordinary tale.   Complete with Olive Ann Burn's notes for later scenes and chapters exactly as she wrote them, Leaving Cold Sassy is a final, loving goodbye to Cold Sassy, Georgia.

      Leaving Cold Sassy1994
      3,3
    • Cold Sassy Tree

      • 488 Seiten
      • 18 Lesestunden

      If the preacher's wife's petticoat showed, the ladies would make the talk last a week. But on July 5, 1906, things took a scandalous turn. That was the day E. Rucker Blakeslee, proprietor of the general store and barely three weeks a widower, eloped with Miss Love Simpson -- a woman half his age and, worse yet, a Yankee! On that day, fourteen-year-old Will Tweedy's adventures began and an unimpeachably pious, deliciously irreverent town came to life. Not since To Kill A Mockingbird has a novel so deftly captured the subtle crosscurrents of small-town Southern life. Olive Ann Burns classic bestseller brings to vivid life an era that will never exist again, exploring timeless issues of love, death, coming of age, and the ties that bind families and generations.

      Cold Sassy Tree1984
      4,0