Cakewalk

Dear heaven. Brown has had a long and auspicious writing career, and right about now she can do whatever she pleases. I came to this title thinking that it was a stand-alone novel; thank you, Net Galley and Random House Ballantine for the DRC, which I received free in exchange for this honest review......more

I enjoy Louisa Mae Browns books. I love her Sneaky Pie and Aunt Jane books to death. This historical series set in rural Runnymede at the close of WWI is different from most of her other books. Sisters Wheezie and Juts star in Cakewalk and their relationship with Miss Celeste their mother's boss. A......more

I haven't read Rita Mae Brown before. Took some getting used to! The lead female characters are appealing: clever, surprisingly frank, blessed with a zest for life and love. The novel may seem a bit of a fluffy thing on its surface, but in this tale of a town divided- literally- values, social custo......more

It is great fun for a reader to revisit characters and places in a series book. Rita Mae Brown, in her new novel, "Cakewalk", brings her loyal readers back to Runnymede - a small town perched directly on the Mason-Dixon line - and the wonderful characters, including the Hunsenmeier sisters (Juts and......more

RMB gives her usual dose of social commentary in this book, but it is not as on the nose as in some of her work. In Cake Walk she dives all the way into female sexuality and mores. I particularly enjoy the way she weaves the message into the quotidian lives of those in Runnymede. She uses history, p......more