Every Last Cuckoo - Paperback

from ChristineEllei

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. An older couple are looking forward to living out their retirement years, when death suddenly changes the plans. A group of mismatched misfits move into their home ... and in the end it works for everyone. This was a touching, heartwarming book. With the fa...

from library_kate

I'm torn by this book. I love the idea of the story and the characters and their interconnections. But we were told about the characters, not shown them. Therefore a depth and richness was missing that would have brought this fine book to the level of a great book. Luckily the second half of the ...

from mzonderm

This is a book much stronger on character and description than on plot. The plot falls down in several places, including Sarah's too-short mourning period and the gratuitous discussions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But the author's power of description and ability to bring the reader i...

from momom248

I got Every Last Cuckoo as an Early Reviewers book and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I got so into the characters and their lives. I felt Sarah's pain and grief over losing her husband, her anger and guilt with her daughter Charlotte and her guidance and watching over all the people that end up l...

from Jcambridge

I love Vermont and Vermonters, even though I doubt I could live through the winter and mud seasons year after year...I did, however, thoroughly enjoy this book. The one subplot that did not really fit and was not fully developed revolved around Josie. I feel the author more or less threw it in to...