Patty Jane's House of Curl

-Fun and funny, spiked with tragedy and sad times.---USA Today -A FUNNY, POIGNANT FIRST NOVEL ABOUT THE BONDS BETWEEN WOMEN.---Houston Chronicle -Patty Jane's House of Curl has the emotional warmth of Lake Wobegon and the tender/tough female characters who populated Fried Green Tomatoes. . . . A unique story.---St. Paul Pioneer Press -WARM, TENDER, ULTIMATELY INSPIRATIONAL.---West Coast Review of Books -HOMESPUN WISDOM PEPPERS EVERY PAGE.---Publishers Weekly -Lorna Landvik stands by her characters . . . embracing their eccentricities, delighting in their accomplishments, forgiving them their failings. She knows these people and loves them--and gives us their story with uncommon wit and charm and, best of all, a wonderful sense of mischief.---STEVEN ZAILLIAN Oscar-winning writer of the screenplay for Schindler's List -Patty Jane's House of Curl is the story of women 'who were lucky enough to find a place where they could not only talk, but be heard.' Like Ione's famous coffee cakes, the frosting may be treacle-sweet, but underneath there's something substantial.---The Dallas Morning News -This book is worth reading and rereading. . . . Landvik evokes female bonding and tragedy in a humorous way.---The Register-Herald (West Virginia) -Funny and romantic . . . Peopled with characters so real, so warm, so funny, the book could be a Northern Exposure in print. . . . Readers will be reminded that this is what it is like to live.---The Stuart News -A cast of characters funny, sad, and real. You can't help but laugh and shed a tear. Has been compared to Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, but for Midwesterners it holds a special appeal with a terrific sense of place.---BookWomen (Minnesota) -Amazingly vivid . . . This novel breezes merrily along, but don't read it without a hankie. This is a winner for fans of Garrison Keillor and Danielle Steel.---Library Journal