Nora, Nora [Unabridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Anne Rivers Siddons (Author), Cristine McMurdo-Wallis (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2000

Twelve-year-old Peyton McKenzie isn't ready to share her widowed father with anyone-certainly not with her cigarette-smoking redheaded cousin Nora, who just rolled into sleepy Lytton, Georgia, this summer behind the wheel of a pink Thunderbird. But her father seems to like Nora, and prim Aunt Augusta hates her, which means she can't be all bad. And when Nora takes a job teaching the first integrated honors class at the local high school, it appears she might be staying forever.

But there's something troubling Peyton's unorthodox cousin, something more than the outspoken town gossips' complaints about Nora's "unsouthern ways." When the truth comes to light, it will rock the segregated small community-and teach Peyton an unforgettable lesson about the enormous cost of love.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Recorded Books; Unabridged edition (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0788743538
• ISBN-13: 978-0788743535
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Author Continues to Write Great Books, August 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Nora, Nora: A Novel (Hardcover)

Maybe I went into this with lower expectations than usual after reading some of the reviews posted here. I have read everything ARS has written, and am always anxious and eager to start (and finish) her newest additions...this was no exception.

I just loved (and pitied) Peyton's character...so unsure of herself and lost in the everyday world until a wiser, more wordly woman comes along...Nora. Again, a character you just have to fall in love with for her spunk and fiesty beliefs. You just adore the fact that she can put Aunt Augusta in her place, and as they say, "catch flies with honey."

As always, Siddons captures the essence of the timeframe with the political goings-on and blends the story into its surroundings. The entire book unravelled with no sure outcome, and my emotions that poured forth during the speech were uncontrollable.

I still rank Outer Banks as my favorite, with Downtown, Colony and King's Oak not far behind. Anne writes a fabulous story with beautiful prose and wonderful continuity...I look forward to her new novels and though I wish she could crank them out faster, they are always worth the wait.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Quick Read, but wait till paperback or library, August 7, 2000

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A. Kokosioulis "WHTB" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nora, Nora: A Novel (Hardcover)

I, too, am a huge Colony, Outer Banks, Up Island fan. But this book was quick, shallow and fluff. Dont buy it in hardback wait for the paperback version or better yet a library rental. I felt that the story should have begun on the last page. The ending was too quick and contrived. To me, the better story would have begun there and moved on. I agree Siddons cranked this one out too quickly.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as her others...., July 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Nora, Nora: A Novel (Hardcover)

This wasn't a bad book...it is light, fluffy reading and clearly aims to be along the same lines as "To Kill a Mockingbird" in that it addresses racial issues in the southern 1960's. It simply wasn't as engaging or as deep as her other books. This one focuses on a teen and does seem more of a young adult book than anything else. It was very easy reading....and I expected more from one of my favorite authors.....for a much more satisfying take on this same era, read Downtown by this author...that was the first book of hers that I read, and it is wonderful...a novel that transports you to another place in time...unlike this one.