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 enlarge | Author: Karen Joy Fowler
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 2299469
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0805047379
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780805047370
ASIN: 0805047379
Publication Date: September 1996
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Sweetwheats, Sweethearts, Sweet Book May 5, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I stumbled upon this book quite by accident, but I am glad I did. This was a genuinely sweet coming of age story set just after WWII. The plot centers around a cereal factory in a small Mid-Western town and the girls who work in the company's test kitchens. It reminds us of a simpler time when life moved a good bit slower. The characters are all very well developed and the descriptions are fantastic. This book is a nice way to pass a lazy afternoon.
Part fairy tale, part historical novel... August 15, 1999
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Karen Joy Fowler doesn't smack the ball out of the park with The Sweetheart Season, but she does hit a triple, which in baseball is even more difficult! Hearkening to previous efforts from W.P. Kinsella or Garrison Keillor, Fowler paints a picture of life in the kitschy kitchens of WWII America while blending in a fair dose of the fairy tale. The descriptions of the changing roles of women, from hausfrau to Rosie the Riveter and back to the kitchens, were dead-on and disturbing. But it was the lyric storytelling, the portrayal of 'Maggie Collins' as the prototypic Betty Crocker that captured the attention and imagination. Read on a variety of levels, either for sheer enjoyment, or a discussion of women's roles, The Sweetheart Season satisfies.
 A great summer read! June 29, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I truly enjoyed this book, and feel that it would have made it as an Oprah book club selection if only there were more suffering in it. It was well written, and the characters were engaging. Take it to the beach!
A quirky, unusual, and thoroughly entertaining novel July 29, 1998
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book. Karen Joy Fowler has written a novel that marks out a genre all its own, as it is not quite an "historical novel," not quite science fiction, not quite feminist fiction, and not quite fantasy. It succeeds in being imaginative, politically astute, and historically informative, however, as Ms. Fowler uses the events of the story as a vehicle for including endless anecdotes, "fun facts," and asides that reveal her vast and intricate knowledge of U.S. political and social history. There's even a plethora of "homemaker tips" included, for good measure. The plot is not the point here; in this novel, the "journey is the reward," as each and every page includes verbal gems and incisive bits of social commentary and are endlessly engrossing and enlightening.
Charming and Enjoyable! July 22, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A great summer book. The author does a great job capturing a time period that occurred 20 years before I was born. She throws in some interesting twists and I was pleasantly suprised by the subtle humor.
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