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Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Monday, April 15 through Friday, May 17, 2024
Read by Karl Schmidt.
The one thing you can depend on in Cold Sassy, Georgia, is that word gets around—fast. When Grandpa Blakeslee announces one July morning that he’s aiming to marry the young milliner, Miss Love Simpson—a bare three weeks after Granny Blakeslee has gone to her reward—the news is served up all over town. And young Will Tweedy suddenly finds himself eyewitness to a major scandal. Will nevertheless approves of this May-December match and follows its progress with just a smidgen of youthful prurience. A timeless, funny, resplendent novel – about a romance that rocks an entire town, a boy’s passage from childhood into adolescence, and how people lived and died in a small Southern town at the turn of the century.
(Mariner Books; ISBN-10: 0618918716)
Theme: “Miniatures”, Williams Grant Still for flute, oboe and piano, Crystal Records
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Latest Episodes
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Cold Sassy Tree 22 of 25
Loma comes to live with Will Tweedy and his parents following the death of her husband. Grandpa starts courting Miss Love.
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Cold Sassy Tree 21 of 25
THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF A SUICIDE AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR SENSITIVE LISTENERS. After Grandpa Blakeslee and Miss Love share their secrets, they keep their distances from […]
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Cold Sassy Tree 20 of 25
After Grandpa Blakeslee sneaks into Miss Love’s bedroom, he professes his love for her and unburdens his soul.
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Cold Sassy Tree 19 of 25
Will learns about Grandpa Blakeslee and Miss Love’s relationship when their car breaks down during a trip, and they’re forced to spend the night with strangers.
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Cold Sassy Tree 18 of 25
Grandpa Blakeslee and Miss Love return from their trip and something has changed — not just in the attitude of the town towards the couple, but between the couple themselves.
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