The Mammoth Cheese, Sheri Holman
The Mammoth Cheese, Sheri Holman
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The Mammoth Cheese

Author: Sheri Holman

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 16 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017

Synopsis

An Our Town for our times, The Mammoth Cheese is beautifully crafted and driven by warm, vibrant characters as it follows the residents of rural Three Chimneys, Virginia, on their journey to re-create the original Thomas Jefferson-era, 1,235-pound “Mammoth Cheese.” As the audiobook opens, the town is joyously celebrating the birth of the Frank Eleven: eleven babies simultaneously born to Manda and James Frank after fertility treatments. But as autumn progresses and the babies weaken, the community seeks to redeem itself through the making and transporting of a symbolic Mammoth Cheese to Washington, as a gift for the newly elected President Brooke. The cheese is the brainchild of August Vaughn, a farmhand by day and a President Jefferson impersonator by night, and the creation of Margaret Prickett, a single mother and cheese maker trying to save her century-old family farm.Sheri Holman seamlessly weaves together the lives of Three Chimneys, delving into her characters’ inescapable family histories as they grapple with religion, divorce, politics, and unrequited love. The Mammoth Cheese is a triumphant exploration of the burdens and joys of rural America and the debts we owe to history, our parents, and ourselves.

About Sheri Holman

Sheri Holman is the author of A Stolen Tongue; Th e Dress Lodger, a New York Times Notable Book; and Th e Mammoth Cheese, short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction and a San Francisco Chronicle and Publishers Weekly Book of the Year.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terence on April 25, 2011

Sheri Holman is becoming one of my favorite authors. The Mammoth Cheese wasn't as much fun to read as my first exposure to Holman - The Dress Lodger - but I still enjoyed it a lot, and Holman continues to create believably quirky characters and believably "mostly happy" endings. As I've mentioned in......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on July 24, 2007

I read a review that compared the plot of this book to the Mississippi River and I have to agree - not only does it pick up and drag along everything it encounters, it's S-L-O-W. In an attempt to create endearingly quirky characters, there are too many side plots and unresolved irrelevant issues, an......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on January 26, 2008

I would agree that this book can be compared to the Mississippi River-- that is majestic and rich with history. I loved the complex and nuanced characters, and all of the historical detail. I'm an absolute sucker for this kind of book. I am going to run out, find all of Sheri Holman's other books an......more

Goodreads review by Jo Ann on March 21, 2010

Although I probably wouldn't have purchased this book based on the blurb or other reviews, I'm glad my previous time with Sheri Holman (The Dress Lodger) convinced me to give it a try. I have to smile to myself when I envision this author sitting down at her computer and emailing an editor, "For my n......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 07, 2008

An attempt at a great American novel, this book is predictable and rife with common themes that develop and play out in a generally predictable way. I've resigned myself to boring movie plots but a novel shouldn't have to worry about the special effects budget or overly-complicated plotlines. Yet. T......more

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