Delta Wedding / The Ponder Heart (Hardcover)

from mamashepp

I felt like I needed to read something of Welty's; so much has been made of her writing. This book paints a vivid picture and has very interesting characters. But I really felt like the story itself dragged.

from foggidawn

It's 1923, and nine-year-old Laura McRaven is taking the train down to visit her mother's family in the Delta for the wedding of one of her cousins. As preparations for the big day ramp up, family secrets circulate and emotions run high. Does anyone ever read Eudora Welty and immediately comprehe...

from alic

Though the writing was lush, and the characterizations apt, the novel did show the flaws that you might have expected from a first-time author. The tone of the first chapter, from the point of view of a young child, was excellent. But she was not able to construct a story line that could be told ...

from jeffome

St. Barts 2013 #3 - An ok book at best for me....certainly interesting at times, but overwhelmingly full of characters that were challenging to keep track of - are they siblings or cousins, which generation, and alive or dead? But I suppose this helped us feel a little like the nine-year-old Laur...

from mamashepp

I felt like I needed to read something of Welty's; so much has been made of her writing. This book paints a vivid picture and has very interesting characters. But I really felt like the story itself dragged.