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Title: Gumbeaux
Author: Kimberly Vargas
Narrator: Appelusa McGlynn
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-15-13
Publisher: Kimberly Vargas
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Nearly driven to homicide by an alcoholic caretaker, a sheltered, rebellious young heiress disappears into New Orleans to heal in peace from the death of her parents. In moving from Washington, D.C. to Louisiana, she experiences culture shock and freedom for the first time.
The title refers to a Cajun restaurant where she takes a job as a waitress. There, she engages in many misadventures with often hilarious results. Years later, she is haunted by the conviction that she may have left part of her soul behind in the deep south, and must face her dark, reckless past in order to win it back.
Members Reviews:
This book clearly is a love letter to Lousianna and in that it does not ...
This book clearly is a love letter to Louisiana and in that it does not disappoint. What I take issue with is the Audio version of the book. It is read by an actress who has mastered the art of up-talk and vocal fry. Every sentence is made more complex by the application of inflection prior to the period? Like, I guess, to make it more interesting?
This could be forgiven as the main character is supposed to be a spoiled rich girl from DC even if that was a rare affectation for a girl in the late 80s,Washington, DC. What really bothers me about this performance was the actor's lack of research into pronunciation. Every chapter features a total vocal failure of one word or another.
You do not eat a "Been-yet" at Cafe' du Monde. Renoir is not pronounced "Ren-war"
If you don't mind listening to a valley girl butchering Louisianian slang then this is for you.
Interesting setting, very nice if you go for this sort of literature
I read this book because it promised to present the "old" New Orleans and its way of life. I enjoyed that part of it very much, and the plot line was interesting. At the end, though, I found myself wondering why there was so much emphasis on what different characters were feeeling. Then suddenly I realized that OMG I'm the wrong gender to be reading this book! I still finished it and enjoyed it as a whole.
Possessiveness is the opposite of love
Unusual, mostly likable heroine in an unusual situation. The story itself was rather predictable (especially the resolution with Claude) but the bottom line is that it kept me reading and I wanted to know what happened next. I have serious disagreement with some of the story's philosophy, particularly that possessiveness is a legitimate expression of love.
Good Gumbeaux
Kimberly Vargasâ novel, a light-hearted romance with some serious life-lesson scenes, is set in Bayou Bend, a small Louisiana college town. The main character, a young woman running from her wealthy family, enrolls in college to study art. When she loses her familyâs financial support and her scholarship, she goes to work at the Gumbeaux café, which becomes the hub of her life. The gumbo served there is âscience, art and magic.â
The characters are strong and well developed, as is the setting. The Louisiana tourism agency ought to put Vargas (who lives in California) on retainer for her glowing descriptions of Louisiana, its people, culture and geography. Sometimes I felt like I was reading a historical marker or a sight-seeing brochure, but I enjoy facts and history so I appreciated the detours.
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Title: Gumbeaux
Author: Kimberly Vargas
Narrator: Appelusa McGlynn
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-15-13
Publisher: Kimberly Vargas
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Nearly driven to homicide by an alcoholic caretaker, a sheltered, rebellious young heiress disappears into New Orleans to heal in peace from the death of her parents. In moving from Washington, D.C. to Louisiana, she experiences culture shock and freedom for the first time.
The title refers to a Cajun restaurant where she takes a job as a waitress. There, she engages in many misadventures with often hilarious results. Years later, she is haunted by the conviction that she may have left part of her soul behind in the deep south, and must face her dark, reckless past in order to win it back.
Members Reviews:
This book clearly is a love letter to Lousianna and in that it does not ...
This book clearly is a love letter to Louisiana and in that it does not disappoint. What I take issue with is the Audio version of the book. It is read by an actress who has mastered the art of up-talk and vocal fry. Every sentence is made more complex by the application of inflection prior to the period? Like, I guess, to make it more interesting?
This could be forgiven as the main character is supposed to be a spoiled rich girl from DC even if that was a rare affectation for a girl in the late 80s,Washington, DC. What really bothers me about this performance was the actor's lack of research into pronunciation. Every chapter features a total vocal failure of one word or another.
You do not eat a "Been-yet" at Cafe' du Monde. Renoir is not pronounced "Ren-war"
If you don't mind listening to a valley girl butchering Louisianian slang then this is for you.
Interesting setting, very nice if you go for this sort of literature
I read this book because it promised to present the "old" New Orleans and its way of life. I enjoyed that part of it very much, and the plot line was interesting. At the end, though, I found myself wondering why there was so much emphasis on what different characters were feeeling. Then suddenly I realized that OMG I'm the wrong gender to be reading this book! I still finished it and enjoyed it as a whole.
Possessiveness is the opposite of love
Unusual, mostly likable heroine in an unusual situation. The story itself was rather predictable (especially the resolution with Claude) but the bottom line is that it kept me reading and I wanted to know what happened next. I have serious disagreement with some of the story's philosophy, particularly that possessiveness is a legitimate expression of love.
Good Gumbeaux
Kimberly Vargasâ novel, a light-hearted romance with some serious life-lesson scenes, is set in Bayou Bend, a small Louisiana college town. The main character, a young woman running from her wealthy family, enrolls in college to study art. When she loses her familyâs financial support and her scholarship, she goes to work at the Gumbeaux café, which becomes the hub of her life. The gumbo served there is âscience, art and magic.â
The characters are strong and well developed, as is the setting. The Louisiana tourism agency ought to put Vargas (who lives in California) on retainer for her glowing descriptions of Louisiana, its people, culture and geography. Sometimes I felt like I was reading a historical marker or a sight-seeing brochure, but I enjoy facts and history so I appreciated the detours.