Taking Lottie Home: A Novel [Unknown Binding]

Terry Kay (Author)

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• Unknown Binding
• Publisher: William Morrow (May 18, 2000)
• ASIN: B0023ZIJP8
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kay Shines in New Novel, September 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Taking Lottie Home: A Novel (Hardcover)

Terry Kay may be best known for his wonderful novel, TO DANCE WITH THE WHITE DOG, but he outdoes himself in this spellbinding tale of love lost and found at the beginning of the 20th century. The novel is so rich in characters and plot that it would be difficult to summarize either without falling short of the dimensions he's created on both counts. In Lottie Lanier, he has discovered a girl/woman for the ages, a character at times so simple, yet at others, complex, mysterious, and so downright appealing, you literally feel like she's in the room beside you as you continue reading. For anyone who has ever been in or out of love at any time in one's life, TAKING LOTTIE HOME is one novel you will read, cherish, and most importantly, never forget. Cry, laugh, cheer, but do not miss this one!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Story About Life, December 15, 2000

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Steven P. Harvey (Dacula, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taking Lottie Home: A Novel (Hardcover)

I just finished "Taking Lottie Home." While reading the book, I kept thinking that it was a good book but not a great book. Then I read the epilogue. At that point, the book became the great book. When a writer can write and make his reader feel the joy and pain of life as it really is, then he has risen to the top of the craft. He becomes like Hemingway or Steinbeck. Terry Kay has done that with "Taking Lottie Home." As I read this book I hurt and I laughed. And when I finished it, I was affected. Terry Kay wrote in the front of my book (I bought it at a book signing) that he hoped that the story mattered. Mr. Kay, the story mattered. Thanks.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Story, March 10, 2001

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anne johnson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taking Lottie Home: A Novel (Hardcover)

This was my first Terry Kay novel and now I am going to run, not walk, to my Library in hopes that it will have all the rest of his works. I will not waste space summarizing the story as other reviewers have done a super job but I do want to say that there is something wrong with Oprah's opinion if she or whoever selects her book of the month if this one isn't selected in the very near future. I have read most of "her" selections and this is better than many of them. Another good one for those who like Southern settings is Home Across the Road by Nancy Peacock.

I really hated for this one to end and would love a sequel based on what really happened to Lottie and her life after this one.

Mr. Kay, where have you been all my life?????