Hot Fudge Sundae Blues, Bev Marshall
Hot Fudge Sundae Blues, Bev Marshall
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Hot Fudge Sundae Blues

Author: Bev Marshall

Narrator: Elizabeth Morton

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/24/2008

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age


Synopsis

Critically acclaimed Southern author Bev Marshall portrays a family's struggle with forgiveness and change in her coming-of-age novel, set in 1963 Zebulon, Mississippi. When a handsome evangelist marries 13- year-old Layla's attractive mother, all seems idyllic. But soon her grandmother dies, her mother has a near-fatal accident, and a family member tries to rape her. After her mom interrupts the assault, Layla must do all she can to protect her-even consider perjury.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christa on November 13, 2009

I enjoyed Layla Jay's character. Although she was young, she dealt very gracefully with all the situations that came her way.......more

Goodreads review by nimrodiel on February 19, 2008

See where this book travels to next, at: [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Gregory on January 03, 2025

This book is a page-turner. I had the privilege of taking Bev Marshall's novel writing course at Southeastern Louisiana University in 2011. She was great. However, I didn't bother to read any of her novels. I had only heard that they were good, and someone may have told me that "Right as Rain" was h......more

Goodreads review by Christina on February 24, 2019

I thought it was written very well, but I do not understand what message is to be gotten for the young that will read it. Ok to lie or hide secretes. Goes from religion to lesbianism, and sex. Theft and anxiety, alcoholism, to very caring people. The plot goes all over. I think I am too old for this......more

Goodreads review by Carol Greenwood on February 19, 2019

A hard character to like. Though the story is told through a fourteen-years-old perspective, I was constantly bothered by the mother's lack of character. Do such weak characters really exist?......more