The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt (Paperback)

from Dianekeenoy

I love southern literature and this debut novel has everything I like about it. The story moves between two timelines, 1989 and 1929. Miss Judith Kratt, now age 75 is sitting on the front porch of her very large house reflecting on her life and decides to make a list of the family possessions. Ea...

from DrApple

I will remember this book for a long time. The characters are vivid. They are the kind who stick with you. I loved the idea of Judith and her attachment to family heirlooms. It reminded me of my grandmother and her pride in her antiques, whether they were heirlooms or acquisitions. The big surpri...

from kimkimkim

Like holding a piece of dark chocolate on your tongue and luxuriating in the velvet texture “The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt” tasted rich and intriguing. The narrator, Miss Judith, starts her story on the day of her “family's misfortune”. She introduces us to her family members and acquaintanc...

from EllenH

Southern Gothic genre and was slow to pull me in, but once i was in, I was captured by the characters and the history that slowly spilled out as Judith did her historical, household inventory. She really captures that time in the south. If you liked The Help, or The Secret Life of Bees, I think y...

from kbranfield

Seamlessly weaving between 1929 and 1989, The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt by Andrea Bobotis is a poignant novel set in a small southern town. Judith Kratt's inventory of her family's treasures sparks an introspective journey of the events that led to her fourteen year old brother Quincy's mur...