Lovesick

Name: Lovesick
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: James Driggers
ISBN: 9781490696744

Author: James Driggers

Narrator: Ezra Knight, Kate Forbes, Susan Bennett

Unabridged: 12 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/25/2015

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

Spanning the 1930s to the present day, James Driggers' evocative Southern Gothic collection introduces the intriguing inhabitants of Morris, South Carolina-a small town where a mix of rich, poor, and in-between co-exist, grappling with desire, ambition, hope, and loneliness . Amid a landscaped dotted with farms, trailers, and genteel homes, there lives a talented baker who desperately needs to win a cooking contest but must team up with a down-on-her-heels society matron to do it . the Bramble sisters, whose husbands tend to be short-lived and wealthy, but whose latest prospect arrives with complications . a widow who becomes dangerously obsessed with a snake-charming televangelist . and a lonely florist who will do anything for the sake of a ruthless local mechanic. With wit and insight lurking beneath a palpable air of menace, James Driggers' debut is a tautly plotted, evocative exploration of love-and all that we do in its name .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lolly K Dandeneau on February 16, 2015

Lovesick somehow manages to show a dark undercurrent between the rich and the poor in this southern gothic. Some characters have no choice but to reinventd themselves to ease into society. Manipulation for some is the only way to make it in this small town. Driggers nails the attitudes of the elite......more

Goodreads review by Ron on May 10, 2015

Not sure what this says about me, but I thoroughly enjoyed Lovesick. Each story was better than the one before. The character development was smart and each character reached beyond the page into your mind. The writing is well done and pulls you into their story. I enjoyed the string of references t......more

Goodreads review by Kasa on June 23, 2015

Each of the four novellas that make up this book take place in the lowlands of South Carolina around the fictitious town of Morris. Within each story is an unholy pact, drawn up in the name of love but with greed at its heart. Beginning in the 1930's with Butcher the Baker, each story advances about......more

Goodreads review by Mommy on May 04, 2023

I loved it!!! It draws you right in and you just can’t stop!......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on December 29, 2020

Definitely not my normal reading. I liked how you would often know what was supposed to happen within the story and then see how the story actually progressed. Very different for me.......more