MoonPies and Movie Stars by Amy Wallen

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My Thoughts On This Book

I want to buy this book for everyone I know. It’s a great read and the characters are real people and fun to read about, especially Ruby’s high voltage sister Loralva (la-raul-vaw, only you have to think it with a Texas twang).

Amy is the moderator for First Fridays, a writer reading event for members of San Diego Writer’s Ink (to which John belongs). Sometimes she’d read from her MoonPies manuscript and each month I’d go to First Fridays hoping Amy would read more about ‘The Price Is Right Ladies’, as I called them. I was on tenter hooks for the book to come out because I wanted the whole story and I knew my Mom would love the book (the release party was a blast, complete with cowboy shirts and Frito pie). When I read her book, I hear Amy’s voice.

MoonPies and Movie Stars is set in the 1970′s. When Ruby announces she’s going to leave town and go to California to bring her grandkids’ Momma back, folks in town are horror stricken and warn her not to go to California because transvestites will mug her for her clothes. Being a Californian all my life, I was quite amused to see my home State through the lens of a 70′s era Texan lady and her firecracker of a sister.

This isn’t just some ‘on-the-road’ travel story. The road trip is just part of the plot; the Winnebago just takes the reader and the characters from point A to point B. The real story happens in little ‘ol Devine, Texas (‘pont A’), and massive Hollywood, LA, California (‘point B’). Like life, there’s lots of humor and drama in this book. It has a comfort to it, like Grama telling a good story.

You so should stop reading this review and go get a copy.

Rating & Levels For This Book

I Give This Book three Vikings out of five	Violence Level one Burning Hut out of five	Romance Level two Hearts out of five
# of actual vikings in book: 0 What do these levels mean? ”	Humor Level two Smiles out of five	Lust Level two Kisses out of five

Author and Publishing Information For This Book

Author & Book Details Title: MoonPies and Movie Stars Author(s): Amy Wallen ISBN#: 9780670038176 Genre(s): Fiction Edition Reviewed: First edition hardback Illustrations: N/A (though the cover is practically an illustration) Page Count: 308 Part of a Series: no, though Amy is writing a second novel using Loralva as the main character.

Publishing & Copyright Details Publisher(s): VIKING / Penguin Group Copyright: 2006 In Print: Yes Original Language: English Published in Other Languages: No Find a Local Book Store ”

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