Couldn't put it down!!

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	• The Honk and Holler Opening Soon Billie Letts Grand Central Publishing, 1999 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 191 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Couldn't put it down!!

Billie Letts has a way of writing that grabs you and won't let you go till the last word on the last page.Even then,I find myself thinking about the story and the unforgettable characters.If you want to escape into the pure joy of fictional bliss......this lady is the ticket !!! MS.Letts goes to the top of my list of favorite authors,along with:Dana Stabenow[Kate Shugak],Nevada Barr,Sue Grafton and JD Robb..just to name a few.

A book about people

I thought this was a little slow going, but by the time I got near the end I was fully hooked and couldn't wait to see what happened to everyone. A mix of people are tied together by this diner. The author does a good job of telling eveyone's story and at the same time helping you realize what is important in life. I will look for more books by this author.

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A Great Read

I loved this book, I love the characters and I hated to have the book come to a end. A fun story. Im now reading another Billie Letts book and I am enjoying it also, hope she keeps the books coming.

Almost a 5 star ....

I really debated between a four star rating and a five star, but decided a four was more appropriate.

I really, really enjoyed this book. I had the luxury of the time to read this since I had the piano tuner in the house for a big chunk of time and had to be very, very quiet while he worked. I am so glad that I wasn't pressed for time, because this book was difficult to put down once I started. I read the whole thing in about a day and a half.

There was a fair amount of misery and sad stories in this, but the writing style and the humor that Ms. Letts injected into the book kept it from being overly depressing. There were some very funny parts and I found myself grinning even with all of the trials and tribulations the characters endured. The main reason I chose not to give this book 5 stars was the fact that it felt disjointed at times and I would have liked to see serveral of the characters fleshed out a bit more. I think I would have prefered fewer secondary characters and more time spent on the smaller number.

The central location of the story is a diner in rural Oklahoma and the majority of the characters only come into the picture when the are physically in the diner. This device does keep the story moving and folks come in and out so that part works well. The writing is so good, that the main characters largely feel like people you know well and are so multi-faceted that I half expected to see Molly O as a waitress in the next restaurant I patronized.

I will definitely be putting Billie Letts on my "must read" list and am looking forward to other books by her since this was my first. "The Honk and Holler Opening Soon" reminded me of "Empire Falls" by Richard Russo which I LOVED, so this is high praise coming from me ....

Enjoy !

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A pleasure to read!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I think it was even better than her first, "Where the Heart Is." Endearing characters who are like most of us! You will not be disappointed.

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The neon sign had seemed appropriate when the Honk and Holler Opening Soon was being built. But twelve years later, the once-busy highway outside Sequoyah, Oklahoma, is little-traveled, and "opening soon" is a tired joke. Today the sign is as battered and beaten as the cafe and its owner, Caney Paxton, a Vietnam War veteran who hasn't ventured outside since its opening. The characters who drift in and out of the Honk don't change much: Molly O, a four-times married earth mother who recognizes a wounded spirit when she meets one; Life Halstead, a widower who eats three meals a day in the cafe so he can be near Molly O; Hooks Red Eagle, Soldier Starr, and Quinton Roach, Cherokee veterans of World War II; and Bilbo and Peg Porter--Bilbo steadily puffing his smokes while Peg struggles for breath through her oxygen mask. With Christmas only days away, their lives are to be forever changed with the arrival of Vena Takes Horse, a Crow woman on a quest, and Bui Khanh, a Vietnamese refugee looking for home. A story that crackles and sizzles like burgers on a red-hot grill, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon captures a small town's prejudice and tolerance, violence and big-heartedness. It convinces us that dark clouds can really have silver linings. And it leaves us hungry for more writing from Billie Letts and the Oklahoma she portrays with so much vitality and love.

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