Six of one - Hardcover

Brown, Rita Mae

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060105240 ISBN 13: 9780060105242

Publisher: Harper & Row, 1978

Synopsis

Whether careening through town propelling cars like long-range missiles, or laying waste to a costumed July Fourth parade, Wheezie and Juts Hunsenmeir are Runnymede's most irrepressible, mule-headed sister scat. together these unrivaled Southern siblings cheerfully raise hell-and a hell of a family-among some of the most colorful townsfolk you're ever likely to meet. Chief among them is elegant Celeste Chalfonte. As exquisite as she is fearless, Celeste kills a man and marries a woman, sloe-eyed Ramelle Bowman. And when Ramelle has Curtis Chalfronte's child, no one bats an eye-even though Ramelle has no intention of leaving her beloved Celeste. Then there's Fannie Jump Creighton who runs a speakeasy in her mansion. And activist Fairy Thatcher, who disappears into Hitler's Germany. Through it all run Wheezie and Juts, heading pell-mell into the future with their hands firmly gripped around each other's throats. spanning more than fifty years of the tumultuous twentieth century, Six of One is a joyous celebration of the human sprit-and the ties binding even the unlikeliest families.

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Review

It s like listening to Virginia Woolf and her pals gossiping and philosophizing. Glamour
Brown has some of the same effervescent yet secure trust in her local characters that Eudora Welty feels for hers...when history nicks them, they slap right back. Kirkus Reviews
A lively and very lovely book. Publishers Weekly

No matter how quirky or devilish, Brown s people cavort in an atmosphere of tenderness....It is refreshing to encounter this celebration of human energy. Chicago Sun-Times

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"It's like listening to Virginia Woolf and her pals gossiping and philosophizing."--Glamour

"Brown has some of the same effervescent yet secure trust in her local characters that Eudora Welty feels for hers...when history nicks them, they slap right back."--Kirkus Reviews

"A lively and very lovely book."--Publishers Weekly

No matter how quirky or devilish, Brown's people cavort in an atmosphere of tenderness....It is refreshing to encounter this celebration of human energy." --Chicago Sun-Times

About the Author

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series; A Nose for Justice and Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; In Her Day; and Six of One, as well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0060105240
• ISBN 13: 9780060105242
• Binding: Hardcover