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Remember Box, The

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Patricia Sprinkle takes her readers back in time to the 1950s, an era that is as turbulent as it is gentle. She captures the slow friendliness of Southern hospitality and the cold cruel reality of racism and bigotry with startling realism, and conveys a wonderful story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a woman who is looking back at her past. Weaving an intriguing mystery among the remeniences of her young heroine, Carley, Sprinkle grabs her audience by the collar and doesn't let go until the final fascinating end. This is a great story!

This tale of Carley and her year with her aunt and uncle and cousin is so well written! I kept having to stop to read bits of it to others around me just to share the way Patricia puts her words together. The story put me right there in that little community the whole way through. I could not put the book down.

While I did not grow up in North Carolina, this story struck a real chord with me. I found myself flooded with memories of my own childhood from a time when I stayed often with my grandparents in their old house in Florida.

I enjoyed "The Remember Box" so much that I have shared it as a Christmas gift with several of my friends.

Thank you, Patricia, for another great read!

I loved this book. It is well written and reminds me of "To Kill a Mockingbird" both in quality and style. This was a book that I did not want to finish and I fell in love with the characters. The descriptions of life in a small town in the late 1940's resonated with me and her characterizations of people were dead on. There was enough mystery to satisfy my love of that genre but it was so evocative in it's painting of "the south" and it's struggle with the racial issues that I was hooked from the beginning. Because I live in Canada, it was a treat to bury myself in this totally different world. I could almost smell the magnolia's and feel the heat.
I especially enjoyed her ability to get into the mind of an 11 year old and to see the world through her eyes. Rang true all the way through the book. Ms Sprinkle has written a winner and I look forward to reading more of her books.

This was a very good book--a different writing style from the ones I normally read--but very good!!

Loved this book...however I found it difficult to keep up with all of the characters. I, too, first checked it out from the public library and then purchased it to pass on to others. I would definitely read other books by this author.

This is one of the best books that I have ever read. It's one that I share with other. This is one book that I will reread. Patricia Sprinkle is an excellent author.

So wonderful that after reading the Public Library copy I ordered it for myself so I could re-read it and share with family and friends! This was one of the best books I've read in quite a while. Right up there with Ya-ya Sisterhood and Lessons before Dieing.

This book was so wonderful!!!! I love the map that is provided at the beginning of the book, it's a handy reference. I enjoyed Carly's character, she is so curious/nosey, listening in on conversations by hiding in various spots around the house and remembering/questioning pieces of wisdom that she has gotten from adults. What a joy to read, I didnt want it to end.