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Title: Farley's Five and Dime (Volume 1)
Author: Renee Riva
Narrator: Debbie Haroun
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-29-11
Publisher: StoneHouse Ink
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
Farley's Five-and-Dime plops the reader into a fun, folksy, small town setting, with a touch of romance, humor, and sweet southern charm. Set in the small town of Hog Eye Holler, Kentucky, in the 1950 s. Kids, and the young at heart alike, will enjoy meeting 11-year-old Mazie May Farley; a cross between Pippi Longstocking and Caddie Woodlawn. The high spirited, red-headed whirlwind who helps her family run the local Five-and Dime, has her sights on the popular town hunk-a-hunk, Billy Ray Baxter. In her comical, self-defeating schemes to snag Billy Ray away from Emma Jean Jacobs, Mazie is taken by surprise at the outcome of her high jinx attempts. When Billy fails to fall for Mazie s numerous attempts to get him to invite her to the long anticipated Sweetheart Waltz, she raises the stakes higher and higher. Chaos and calamity ensue. The story ends on a note of sweet serendipity but may not be exactly what Mazie was shooting for. Sometimes life has a way of surprising us when we are busy making other plans.
Members Reviews:
And the winner is . . .
Any book that can both make me laugh and get misty is a winner. As a small-town teenager in the 1950s, this title made me feel like I had "gone home," thanks to Mazie May. Home to a world of unlocked doors and community concern (AKA nosiness).
Renee Riva hooked me with the first sentence of her Preface, "When I was a kid we owned a store." I read the book in one setting and put it on my "keeper" shelf to be read again and again. A breath of fresh air from Hog Eye Holler, Kentucky. I was delighted when Renee continued the story with the sequel, Summer of the Carousel, with another Mazie May book to follow.
Delightful
What a truly delightful book. A peak into the life of 11 year old Mazie May Farley in 1958. I laughed my way through so many of her capers. Small town life, family business, fun and laughter. Highly recommend.
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Another Adorable and Charming Renee Riva Novel!
I really love reading a book that just warms the heart. I am still glowing and cozy warm after reading `Farley's Five and Dime: A Dime Store Novel' by Renée Riva!
Here is the synopsis of this wonderfully entertaining book:
A Charming Waltz Down Memory Lane. "There was nothing real special `bout Farley's Five-and-Dime except that I was a Farley. That, and my family lived up above the store in what we called The Loft. And my daddy built a secret two-story slide beside the back staircase that went from The Loft right down into the store - which came in quite handy when my brother, Sammy and me were in need of a midnight snack..."
What more could an eleven year old girl who worked the soda fountain in a 1950's five-and-dime store possibly want?
Nothin' much...until the town of Hog Eye Holler announces their annual Valentine's Day Sweetheart Waltz.
