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Saturday Night Cocoa Fudge: a Little Girl in the 1950s South

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You took me back to my early years, visiting my Granny in Tazewell, Tn and
growing up in a small neighborhood in Knoxville, Tn. No matter where one is from this story will resonate with you. Growing up each of us had that favorite grandmother, aunt, uncle,and best friend we loved to fight with. We each had our fears of bugs, snakes, and bumps in the dark. We each had skinned knee's, bumps on the head, and trips to the ER to check if it was broken or not. Gloria Teague brings back good memories of growing up before internet, hand-held games, and cell phones. When a kid could be kid. She even gives you memories you might claim as one of your own, even if it wasn't. Thank you Miss Gloria.

Gloria Teague gives us a look into the past. Warm, descriptive, and fun. After reading it, I thought about cuddling up by a warm fire and thinking back on my childhood.

Gloria,

I was transported back to the small town of LaFollette where we both grew up and there are so many parallels between our families. I find that the women in our families may have not had much to say...they just let their men think they were the "boss" when in actuality they were the keepers, the disciplinarians, etc. I think most of our mothers/aunts were very strong women with infinite wisdom...whether it be "book-learned" or "old-wives tales".

I hope we can expect a sequel to this book. The book ended too soon for me and I'd like to know what happened in the later years to all those "wonderful beings" you wrote about.

I recognize most of these colorful people just by your descriptions of them. I truly did love the book.

Saturday Night Cocoa Fudge was an enjoyable read for me. It brought back memories of my own childhood. Ms. Teague's portrayal of her close, loving family also reminded me of the closeness of my family: growing up with my cousins, and spending lots of time with my grandparents. It's amazing how one little redheaded girl could get into so many predicaments. I enjoyed the story of "Glora Jean" taking the lemon meringue pie to a neighbor who lived in a spooky old house and had the mean old hen that chased Gloria until she fell face down in the pie. If your looking to escape back to the '50's, then Saturday Night Cocoa Fudge is for you. Mary McCauley

This collection of stories captures the 1950s era superbly. I was enchanted by "Glora Lynn" and amused and delighted with her Mamaw and her infinite wisdom. Gloria Teague got the voice just right as she lets us peek back at small town family living. Jackie Darrah

With this book, Ms. Teague transported me back to MY childhood in the 1950's. In a small rural town at the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains, she writes about her childhood, a nostalgic account of a time when children went outside to play, doors were left open, keys left in your car (if you had one), radios were the main media, televisions, if your family was fortunate to have one, was black and white with only 2 or 3 channels available.
While reading this book, she took me back to the simpler, laid back time of my own childhood. If you can remember when cocoa fudge was cooked on the stove, sometimes eaten with fingers, sometimes with a spoon, but NEVER bought in a store, then this book is for you!!

Saturday Night Cocoa Fudge is a great feel-good book that transcends the memoir genre. You should read it.

WOW! This book really his the nail on the head. The stories told are so vivid that you feel as if your over in a corner and your watching and listening as it goes along. To me what makes this such a great collection of stories is the stories between the lines. Gloria Teague opens up her heart and lets the love show for all to see. Some of these chapters must have been hard to recall but she did a great job. After some of the chapters I had to stop and catch my breath and rethink what I had just read. If you're not careful you miss a lot of the feelings that Gloria puts into her characters. If you can keep a dry eye while reading this you have a hole in you soul. I hope there is a sequel soon.

Saturday Night Cocoa Fudge is a collection of charming, down-to-earth stories of family, love, and honest hearts. I felt as if I were reliving these times all over again. This is a good pick-me-up for readers of all ages and perfect to give as a gift. You'll do a lot of smiling while reading these stories--except when you're wiping away a tear.

I highly recommend this book.

What comes to mind when you think of fudge? Warm, savory, inviting? That's how I feel about the book, "Saturday Night Cocoa Fudge" (the real stuff ain't so bad either.)
In Gloria's fourth book, she takes us back to the world she grew up in, nestled not so quietly in the foothills of the `50s with characters that are strange and loving and all too familiar.
The reader will find that he or she wasn't the only little person to eat the decorations off their mud pies, get chased by a demon bird, wreck your friend's new tricycle, or sneak off to do something that you KNOW your elders would certainly not approve of.
It was a treat to read this book, each story a tasty morsel. It was almost like eating potato chips: I couldn't read just one chapter; I had to have one more, just one more. Then sadly, it was over.
In Gloria's stories, there is something for everyone, a person or event that each of us can relate to and you'll find yourself saying, "Oh yeah! I remember when ..." you did something silly or painful or just plain stupid or felt the unconditional love of that can only come from family. You'll find yourself wanting to hug little `Glora'. You can even feel Mamaw's arms envelop you and tell you it's going to be okay and tomorrow's going to be a brighter day or another day filled with some new mystery to explore or escape from.
"Saturday Night Cocoa Fudge" shows us how important family is and how those people around us shape our lives and how they will always be a part of who we are.
I dare you to read this delectable book in public: people WILL stare at you because you'll be smiling really big and even laughing out loud.