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Jun 16, 2012
Angie ~aka Reading Machine~
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it was amazing
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Sylvia Richardson is a widowed mother with a thirteen year old daughter named Sarah Jane who is called Sassy by everyone. Sylvia or Sylvie to her friends works in a beauty shop with her best friend Madge and beauty shop owner. Sylvie gives life lessons to Sassy about shoes and other things. Sylvie tells Sassy that you tell alot about a woman by the shoes she wears. Sassy loves to read and always has book with her. The story weave a tale of past and present beautifully crafted to show a mother's
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It took me no time at all to sink into Rebecca Elswick's story, 'Mama's Shoes'. Once there, I could hardly bear to pull myself back into my own, everyday life as I was so beguiled by the story of Sassy and Sylvia,her mother; Madge and the other characters inhabiting the fascinating world of the Cut and Curl Beauty Shop,and the wider world of Coal Valley.
Definitely a five-star read for me. ...more
Definitely a five-star read for me. ...more
Jun 03, 2012
Shannon
marked it as to-read
