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This turned out to be quite a nice novel of self discovery. Though I am reading some lighter reads, when I first started this I thought it might be too light. Yet, how many chances are there to read a book that contains 142 ostriches? Not many, or maybe none. It does start rather slowly, but add a dysfunctional family, and the pace is sure to move right along.
Plus, I enjoyed the main character Tullulah, her searching for self and all the trials and tribulations she has to go through first. Loved ...more
Plus, I enjoyed the main character Tullulah, her searching for self and all the trials and tribulations she has to go through first. Loved ...more
This was a lighter read for me than what I usually turn to, but it is a little gem of a book. Favorite characters, of course: The 142 ostriches on the ranch. The ranch, in the Mojave Desert of California now belongs to young Tallulah (Lu) Jones. Her grandmother left it to her rather than to her children because none could handle the ostriches like Lu can. But Lu has other plans for herself. She goes from a young impulsive girl to a strong decisive woman in a very short time, progressing in this
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This book is a family saga about an ostrich ranch in the Mojave desert. I knew nothing about ostriches, other than they have a vicious bite or peck and very strong legs that can do a lot of damage. It was not that this book gave a lot of facts on ostriches, although through the reading you learn quite a bit about them, but the ostriches were a major part of the novel, simply because they were a major part of the family's life.
This was a light read about a family in crisis. The loss of a ...more
This book is a family saga about an ostrich ranch in the Mojave desert. I knew nothing about ostriches, other than they have a vicious bite or peck and very strong legs that can do a lot of damage. It was not that this book gave a lot of facts on ostriches, although through the reading you learn quite a bit about them, but the ostriches were a major part of the novel, simply because they were a major part of the family's life.
This was a light read about a family in crisis. The loss of a ...more
As a backyard poultry farmer myself, I simply had to read a story about an ostrich farm.
When Grandma Helen passes away suddenly, Talullah is bequeathed the family ostrich egg farm which includes 142 ostriches. She has been working the farm for many years but is not ready to accept Helen's death nor accept that her future has been decided for her once again. The rest of the book was really about a slightly dysfunctional family who disguise their dysfunction with drugs, alcohol or religion. Helen ...more
When Grandma Helen passes away suddenly, Talullah is bequeathed the family ostrich egg farm which includes 142 ostriches. She has been working the farm for many years but is not ready to accept Helen's death nor accept that her future has been decided for her once again. The rest of the book was really about a slightly dysfunctional family who disguise their dysfunction with drugs, alcohol or religion. Helen ...more
A quick and enjoyable read. I liked the characters and the way the plot progressed. I was a bit put off by the (minimal) violence, but I recognized it was a necessary part of the plot. And I loved the descriptions of the ostriches and relationships between them and humans.
An interesting book which is undermined by the rushed, almost anticlimactic ending. I loved the descriptions of the dessert and the ostriches but often felt the author was a little too florid in her descriptive phrases about unimportant story elements. Also what was the point of repeatedly referring to the mom's blond dreadlocks?
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I’ll start by saying that this is the coolest and neatest looking cover of any book I’ve read this year! Ostrich feathers in gorgeous colors adorn this contemporary tale of a dysfunctional family. I’m also pretty certain I’ve never read another book with ostriches and probably won’t again! The ostriches with the cutest personalities were just endearing to me, more so than any of the characters here. Talullah is the granddaughter of Helen who accidentally(??) dies leaving the ostrich farm to her.
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I enjoyed tho book way more than I thought I would!
Tallulah Jones, 20 something and about to leave her grandmother's ostrich ranch, which sells ostrich eggs to gourmet food companies, for a new job a few states away, suddenly inherits the ranch when her grandmother is killed in a car accident shortly after they have an argument. She plans to sell the ranch and contacts an interested buyer. However, as one of an extended dysfunctional family and confronted with the sudden barrenness of the birds, Tallulah's modus operandus (this is the correct L
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