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Title: Only You
Author: Deborah Grace Staley
Narrator: Erin Novotny
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-16-12
Publisher: Belle Books, Inc.
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
A charming romance about the lives and loves of people in a small Tennessee town, in the tradition of Debbie Macomber.
"Hey, ya'll. Dixie Ferguson here. I run Ferguson's Diner in Angel Ridge, Tennessee, population 345. It's a picturesque town in the valley of the Little Tennessee River, established in 1785. In the early days, its first families - the McKays, the Wallaces, the Houstons, the Joneses, and, of course, the Craigs - staked their claims on hundreds of acres of the richest bottom land anyone had ever seen. After all the years I've spent behind the counter at Ferguson's, I could probably tell ya'll a story about near everyone in town. But we only have so much time, so I'll narrow it down to just two for now.
This is a story about coming home. It's also a story about acceptin' folks for who they are. You could say it's a story about Josie Allen, a librarian, and Cole Craig, a handyman, but I say it's a story about finding love where you'd least expect to."
Members Reviews:
A Great Beach Read! Only You
Only You by Deborah Grace Staley was a first for me by a new author and I enjoyed this book. A fast and easy read taking place in a small Tennessee town. This is a great story about coming back home to a small (very small) town and all the prejudices one encounters. Being that I graduated in a small town with only 98 other classmates, I totally related. Although I haven't moved back home, I did move to another small small town near Tennessee.
Staley effectively takes you into the lives of Josie Allen and Cole Craig; two folks from the opposite side of the tracks. Josie moved away, got her PhD in Library Science, becoming indebted to the town busy-body in the process. She moves back to run the town library and fall in love with Cole Craig, from the wrong side of the tracks and a high school dropout.
Read along and follow the growth of Josie's and Cole's relationship as they force their small town to face their economic prejudices.
While 208 pages, this is a great short read. I think I finished it in about half a day. I would classify this as a beach read for sure. It's enjoyable, fun, light hearted and quick to read. I guarantee you'll be looking for more of Staley's books.Only You
This book will be near the top of my Books in the Pile [...].
So real!
This author writes of a small town like any town in rural USA. Everyone knows everyone and she has Dixie Ferguson, who has the town cafe and knows everyone, to narrate all of the stories she writes about. It is very homey and fun reading. I can put myself into her stories easily since I have lived my life in a rural atmosphere. I come from a small town where in the days of my childhood, everyone knew everyone. I now have moved to rural Wisconsin and it's kind of the same.
Delightful Fairy Tale of which Dreams Are Made Of
Only You is a sweet tale of unconditional love. I found myself thinking early on that it was just too perfect - a non-antagonistic story...admittedly, for me, the almost childish-like "necking" made me a bit uncomfortable...but the story came together nicely in the end, and I even found myself holding my breath that something horrible was about to happen! I was so delighted at the unexpected turn of events that pulled the entire story together. I loved the explanation at the end of the book about how Angel Ridge got its name.