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Mermaids in the Basement | 
| Author: Michael Lee West
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 55896
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0060184051
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060184056
ASIN: 0060184051
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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Condition: great condition
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Product Description
The beloved bestselling author of Crazy Ladies returns with a funny and poignant tale that explores the complex bonds between a daughter and her father. Reeling from the loss of her mother, plagued with a bad case of writer's block (and don't even talk about that extra twenty pounds), Renata DeChavannes feels as though everything is just plain wrong. And that was before the tabloids caught her sweetheart, filmmaker Ferg Lauderdale, sharing an intimate squeeze with Hollywood's hottest young tamale. But the granddaughter of the formidable Honora DeChavannes possesses more hell than belle in her backbone—and she's about to reclaim it. Heading south to Honora's home on the Gulf Coast, Renata is determined to stop feeling like a wilted gardenia and emerge as the unstoppable kudzu her beloved grandmother proudly proclaimed she would be: "I'll just tell you, Sherman may have burned the South, but kudzu will engulf it." But for that to happen Renata's got to face some not-so-genteel ghosts from her past, discover the truth about the mother she desperately misses, and make peace with the first man who abandoned her and broke her heart—her handsome and distant father.
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 Couldn't Put It Down June 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love when that happens. I laughed and cried my way thru this charming book about a band of fiesty southern belles on the warpath. The plot twists and turns and will keep you guessing. This book is a sequel to Crazy Ladies and Mad Girls in Love.
 Light, fluff June 12, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I almost lost interest in this book because Renata, the main character, seemed like a spoiled little rich young adult. She believed stories that a tabloid wrote about her boyfriend (that made her seem like a gullible jerk who believes anything over her boyfriend's word). I was getting sick of her childish ranting and raving.
The story became more interesting when she began to look at her parents' past. The gossip was entertaining, but after a while it just became too much.
And, some of the sub-plots were not fully explained. I was waiting to hear the result of the adultery, affairs, or murders, but I was left dangling.
Not the best I've read, but it did have it's good points.
Southern writing at its best! May 19, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ms. West never fails to make the South come alive. As other reviewers have already said, you can smell the gradenias & taste the mint juleps. Soutern stories are my favorite & Mrs. West is one of the best. I loved all the characters, even Isabella, and thought her tricks very creative. Only the South could have such eccentric characters and Mrs. West can bring them alive. I just wish Mrs West could write faster & give us more great southern stories.
 Confusing! May 17, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been a major fan of West's until this book, which I struggled to read right from the beginning. Between the flash backs, flash forwards and present day activity, I was never sure what time-frame I was supposed to be in. The story was told from points of view, but the author didn't see fit to title the chapters with the character's name or anything else that would identify them. It wasn't a good book at all. I still don't know what it was about. I'm just glad I got to the end and was able to shut the thing and be done with it. Sorry I spend the money on it.
Excellent Book May 9, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is a must read. I could not leave the book till I finished reading the entire book. It really captures the essence of the south. The writer appears to have a good insite about family dynamics and holds your interest throughout. Outstanding piece of work !!
Vijay Pethkar, MD
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