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The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb
The #1 New York Times bestselling author Sheri Reynolds returns with a “nontraditional devotional”—at once a hilarious and inspirational novel packed with profound advice from the journey of the unforgettable Myrtle Cribb.
Myrtle T. Cribb, a special-needs teacher from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, is captive in a dysfunctional marriage. Tired of living up to her husband’s and everyone else’s standards, Myrtle impulsively heads to wherever the road will take her. But soon she gets a surprise of her own. She finds an unlikely stowaway on her Hellcat, the local drunk. Together, they embark on a pilgrimage that takes them everywhere from a shady highway motel to a hippie retreat center, developing an unlikely friendship while finding wisdom in the most unlikely places. The journey forces Myrtle to evaluate her marriage, her priorities, and her own prejudices, and compels her to share her hard-earned insights with other women who feel some dissatisfaction in their lives. With its iconoclastic, complex, and irresistible cast of characters, and bold yet sincere advice, The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb is an engaging, heartbreaking, and joyful story to be cherished by those seeking an understanding of life’s greatest mysteries.
Myrtle T. Cribb, a special-needs teacher from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, is captive in a dysfunctional marriage. Tired of living up to her husband’s and everyone else’s standards, Myrtle impulsively heads to wherever the road will take her. But soon she gets a surprise of her own. She finds an unlikely stowaway on her Hellcat, the local drunk. Together, they embark on a pilgrimage that takes them everywhere from a shady highway motel to a hippie retreat center, developing an unlikely friendship while finding wisdom in the most unlikely places. The journey forces Myrtle to evaluate her marriage, her priorities, and her own prejudices, and compels her to share her hard-earned insights with other women who feel some dissatisfaction in their lives. With its iconoclastic, complex, and irresistible cast of characters, and bold yet sincere advice, The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb is an engaging, heartbreaking, and joyful story to be cherished by those seeking an understanding of life’s greatest mysteries.
230 pages, Hardcover
First published August 6, 2012
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About the author
Sheri Reynolds
16 books307 followersSheri Reynolds is an author of contemporary Southern fiction.
Sheri Reynolds was born and raised in rural South Carolina. She graduated from Conway High School in 1985, Davidson College in 1989, and Virginia Commonwealth University in 1992.
Her published novels include Bitterroot Landing, The Rapture of Canaan (an Oprah book club selection and New York Times bestseller), A Gracious Plenty (98), Firefly Cloak (06), The Sweet In-Between (08), and The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb (12) and The Tender Grave (21). Her first play, Orabelle's Wheelbarrow, won the Women Playwrights' Initiative playwriting competition for 2005.
Also Professor of English and the Ruth and Perry Morgan Chair of Southern Literature at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, Sheri teaches creative writing and literature classes. She won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council for Higher Education of Virginia in 2003. In 2005, she received a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts in playwriting. She has also taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, The College of William and Mary, and Davidson College.
Sheri lives in the town of Cape Charles on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Sheri Reynolds was born and raised in rural South Carolina. She graduated from Conway High School in 1985, Davidson College in 1989, and Virginia Commonwealth University in 1992.
Her published novels include Bitterroot Landing, The Rapture of Canaan (an Oprah book club selection and New York Times bestseller), A Gracious Plenty (98), Firefly Cloak (06), The Sweet In-Between (08), and The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb (12) and The Tender Grave (21). Her first play, Orabelle's Wheelbarrow, won the Women Playwrights' Initiative playwriting competition for 2005.
Also Professor of English and the Ruth and Perry Morgan Chair of Southern Literature at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, Sheri teaches creative writing and literature classes. She won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council for Higher Education of Virginia in 2003. In 2005, she received a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts in playwriting. She has also taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, The College of William and Mary, and Davidson College.
Sheri lives in the town of Cape Charles on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
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October 27, 2012
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Turner Publishing Company|October 18, 2012|Hardcover|ISBN: 978-1-61858-013-9
Myrtle T. Cribb, a special-needs teacher from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, is captive in a dysfunctional marriage. Tired of living up to her husband’s and everyone else’s standards, Myrtle impulsively heads to wherever the road will take her. But soon she gets a surprise of her own. She finds an unlikely stowaway on her journey: Hellcat, the local drunk. Together, they embark on a pilgrimage that takes them everywhere from a shady highway motel to a hippie retreat center, developing an unlikely friendship while finding wisdom in the most unlikely places. The journey forces Myrtle to evaluate her marriage, her priorities, and her own prejudices, and compels her to share her hard-earned insights with other women who feel some dissatisfaction in their lives.
With its iconoclastic, complex, and irresistible cast of characters, and bold yet sincere advice, The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb is an engaging, heartbreaking, and joyful story to be cherished by those seeking an understanding of life’s greatest mysteries.
My Review:
Myrtle T. Cribb is a special-needs teacher who starts out one morning in her Dodge truck for a procedure at the doctor’s office. Due to nerves and a fear that the male doctor wouldn’t prescribe her with proper pain medication following the surgery, she takes a handful of her husband, Craig’s pain pills with her. She takes one pill and begins driving but being it’s a 2-hour drive she decides to take a second pill when she stops for gas. After many miles, Myrtle hears a knocking under her truck and can’t figure out what it is. But the knocking became more insistent, and then seemed to be coming from behind her. When she turned around to look, she got the bejeebers scared right out of her. For there, in the back of her Dodge pick-up was, Hellcat – stowed away, pounding at the camper top glass with both fists, staring at her with his bugged-out, bloodshot eyes. So startled was she, that she ran off the road, swerved into a shallow ditch and bumped out the other side. Hellcat had passed out drunk with a sleeping bag and 45 empty cans of beer. Myrtle was again so startled, she took a 3rd pill.
Hellcat was the town vagrant. A tall lanky, black man with filthy clothes, and a limp, he dragged himself everywhere he went. He was forever bothering people to rake their leaves or fix a lamp for 5 bucks so he could buy another bottle of liquor. He slept wherever he could find space – abandoned buildings, construction sites or obviously in the back of Myrtle’s truck. What was she going to do now? Craig had absolutely forbidden her from having anything to do with him? Hellcat had fallen back to sleep and was snoring so, Myrtle just kept on driving, what other choice did she have so far from home? Besides, Craig was a cranky, tyrant of a man and she was fed up listening to him and being ordered around like she didn’t have a mind of her own so just kept on driving.
She was so busy driving and thinking that she’d run the gas tank empty, filled it up, and ran it down again, and due to the 3 pain pills she’d already consumed where she went and what she did beyond that was almost entirely absent from her memory. She couldn’t even pay attention to highway signs she was so busy mulling over her marriage to Craig and what his reaction would be when he found out she’d just up and disappeared.
Now having crossed state lines and driving somewhere in Pennsylvania, Myrtle checks into a hotel for the night wondering what she was going to do. Craig was going to kill her that’s for sure if he finds out she spent the night in a hotel room with Hellcat. Well, by morning things would look brighter and she’d figure it out then. She called home and left a message on the answering machine saying she had to leave in a hurry due to a family emergency and went to sleep at dawn.
The adventure Myrtle and Hellcat undertake will have you laughing and shaking your head. Sheri Reynolds always pens a good novel but she’s outdone herself with The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb. I guess what you could say about this novel is that Myrtle T. Cribb has taken an “accidental pilgrimage” and what a pilgrimage it was. Great story!
Turner Publishing Company|October 18, 2012|Hardcover|ISBN: 978-1-61858-013-9
Myrtle T. Cribb, a special-needs teacher from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, is captive in a dysfunctional marriage. Tired of living up to her husband’s and everyone else’s standards, Myrtle impulsively heads to wherever the road will take her. But soon she gets a surprise of her own. She finds an unlikely stowaway on her journey: Hellcat, the local drunk. Together, they embark on a pilgrimage that takes them everywhere from a shady highway motel to a hippie retreat center, developing an unlikely friendship while finding wisdom in the most unlikely places. The journey forces Myrtle to evaluate her marriage, her priorities, and her own prejudices, and compels her to share her hard-earned insights with other women who feel some dissatisfaction in their lives.
With its iconoclastic, complex, and irresistible cast of characters, and bold yet sincere advice, The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb is an engaging, heartbreaking, and joyful story to be cherished by those seeking an understanding of life’s greatest mysteries.
My Review:
Myrtle T. Cribb is a special-needs teacher who starts out one morning in her Dodge truck for a procedure at the doctor’s office. Due to nerves and a fear that the male doctor wouldn’t prescribe her with proper pain medication following the surgery, she takes a handful of her husband, Craig’s pain pills with her. She takes one pill and begins driving but being it’s a 2-hour drive she decides to take a second pill when she stops for gas. After many miles, Myrtle hears a knocking under her truck and can’t figure out what it is. But the knocking became more insistent, and then seemed to be coming from behind her. When she turned around to look, she got the bejeebers scared right out of her. For there, in the back of her Dodge pick-up was, Hellcat – stowed away, pounding at the camper top glass with both fists, staring at her with his bugged-out, bloodshot eyes. So startled was she, that she ran off the road, swerved into a shallow ditch and bumped out the other side. Hellcat had passed out drunk with a sleeping bag and 45 empty cans of beer. Myrtle was again so startled, she took a 3rd pill.
Hellcat was the town vagrant. A tall lanky, black man with filthy clothes, and a limp, he dragged himself everywhere he went. He was forever bothering people to rake their leaves or fix a lamp for 5 bucks so he could buy another bottle of liquor. He slept wherever he could find space – abandoned buildings, construction sites or obviously in the back of Myrtle’s truck. What was she going to do now? Craig had absolutely forbidden her from having anything to do with him? Hellcat had fallen back to sleep and was snoring so, Myrtle just kept on driving, what other choice did she have so far from home? Besides, Craig was a cranky, tyrant of a man and she was fed up listening to him and being ordered around like she didn’t have a mind of her own so just kept on driving.
She was so busy driving and thinking that she’d run the gas tank empty, filled it up, and ran it down again, and due to the 3 pain pills she’d already consumed where she went and what she did beyond that was almost entirely absent from her memory. She couldn’t even pay attention to highway signs she was so busy mulling over her marriage to Craig and what his reaction would be when he found out she’d just up and disappeared.
Now having crossed state lines and driving somewhere in Pennsylvania, Myrtle checks into a hotel for the night wondering what she was going to do. Craig was going to kill her that’s for sure if he finds out she spent the night in a hotel room with Hellcat. Well, by morning things would look brighter and she’d figure it out then. She called home and left a message on the answering machine saying she had to leave in a hurry due to a family emergency and went to sleep at dawn.
The adventure Myrtle and Hellcat undertake will have you laughing and shaking your head. Sheri Reynolds always pens a good novel but she’s outdone herself with The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb. I guess what you could say about this novel is that Myrtle T. Cribb has taken an “accidental pilgrimage” and what a pilgrimage it was. Great story!
October 10, 2012
This book is an enjoyable, quick, and funny read, while also managing to articulate what it is to be human, and to deliver some poignant advice via the persona of Myrtle T. Cribb. Sheri Reynolds was one of my creative writing professors in my MFA, and it is lovely to read this book and see all the ways that she does what she teaches, from the management of flashback, her development of voice, to the way she maintains the tension of the story.
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August 12, 2024This delightful and hilarious tale of accidental pilgrimage points to the need for greater humanity and our yearning for authentic connection. How innovative to intersperse self-help tidbits. To quote the book: "Shoot," she replied. "Once you've lost everybody's approval, you're finally free." Amen.
Also, this one will never unstick: "When you find yourself engaged in a drama, don't assume you're necessarily the star."
Also, this one will never unstick: "When you find yourself engaged in a drama, don't assume you're necessarily the star."
May 12, 2024
Sheri Reynolds is my all time favorite! I don’t know why her books wrap me in and speak to me but they always do. This is the last book on my list of her books to read and now I’m so sad there are no new ones on the way. I guess I will have to reread her collection I keep on my bookshelf. This story was super cute, relatable, and made me laugh out loud several times. The meaty tidbits were the best :)
October 12, 2012
What a lovely, quirky, funny, true-to-life novel from one of my favorite authors!
When I was a teenager, working in Barnes and Noble, I used to check the computer every few days to see if Sheri had come out with a new novel. This is the novel I've been waiting for. The voice of Myrtle will grab you from the start, and, mark my words, you won't be able to put this book down.
I loved every single character -- each was complex and sympathetic; each had its own arc. I found it particularly impressive that although the story is about Myrtle leaving her husband, her husband remains endearing, even though Myrtle simultaneously describes him as a tyrant. And it works! We totally believe her on both accounts!
I had the privilege of having Sheri as one of my creative writing professors, and I remember when she first heard Myrtle's voice. She couldn't stop talking about her and Hellcat. Now I understand why. This is one of those fictional worlds that will stay with me.
All in all, this is a book about finding yourself, but also about being able to laugh at yourself in the process. It's one of those rare uplifting novels that does not crumble into simplicity or sentimentality.
Yay, Sheri! I'm so thrilled for your beautiful work.
When I was a teenager, working in Barnes and Noble, I used to check the computer every few days to see if Sheri had come out with a new novel. This is the novel I've been waiting for. The voice of Myrtle will grab you from the start, and, mark my words, you won't be able to put this book down.
I loved every single character -- each was complex and sympathetic; each had its own arc. I found it particularly impressive that although the story is about Myrtle leaving her husband, her husband remains endearing, even though Myrtle simultaneously describes him as a tyrant. And it works! We totally believe her on both accounts!
I had the privilege of having Sheri as one of my creative writing professors, and I remember when she first heard Myrtle's voice. She couldn't stop talking about her and Hellcat. Now I understand why. This is one of those fictional worlds that will stay with me.
All in all, this is a book about finding yourself, but also about being able to laugh at yourself in the process. It's one of those rare uplifting novels that does not crumble into simplicity or sentimentality.
Yay, Sheri! I'm so thrilled for your beautiful work.
December 29, 2025
Honestly, it may just be me and the place I am at in my own life, but I found this book to be positively delightful and potentially life changing. Highly recommend. I'm curious to read more by this author.
I don't really re-read books, but this is one I might re-read.
I don't really re-read books, but this is one I might re-read.
July 7, 2020
This book was SO GOOD! Sheri Reynolds is such an amazing author and as usual this didn't disappoint. I'm sure I'll read it many more times to come. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
September 30, 2020
Excellent wisdom for sure!
May 5, 2022
This was cute and I laughed in parts but it wasn’t her best. Very light but deals with important topics like standing up for ourselves and not always being compelled to agree with everything.
April 11, 2020
I have mixed feeling about this book, and I think how it strikes you might depend on how you hold your mouth while reading it. Although I can't know the author's true intentions, it strikes me as a self-help book not-so-subtly enclosed in the form of a novel. I chose, though, to read it as an amusing story about a middle-aged middle-class white American lady who had never really thought much about anything, including her own life & choices, and then she does. Read in that light, it was kind of sweet and I don't regret the short amount of time spent reading it.
The book can be broken up into three components, and you can readily choose to read or skip over any of those components. Component 1 is the story told in the novel, which is enjoyable, but as mentioned you have to hold your mouth right. Component 2 (found at the end of each chapter under the heading of "Meaty Tidbits") is the philosophical musings of the character Myrtle and her life advise to the reader. Component 3 (in three chunks of the book) is basically self-help homework assignments for a reader to engage in and theoretically learn & improve from, loosely related to things the character Myrtle experienced during the story.
The book can be broken up into three components, and you can readily choose to read or skip over any of those components. Component 1 is the story told in the novel, which is enjoyable, but as mentioned you have to hold your mouth right. Component 2 (found at the end of each chapter under the heading of "Meaty Tidbits") is the philosophical musings of the character Myrtle and her life advise to the reader. Component 3 (in three chunks of the book) is basically self-help homework assignments for a reader to engage in and theoretically learn & improve from, loosely related to things the character Myrtle experienced during the story.
October 2, 2012
Another book for the VA Festival of the Book! In this one, a 40-something married woman accidentally goes on a journey that leads to spiritual enlightenment with a homeless man from her hometown. Half story, half made-up "devotional" related to the main character's spiritual progress, I found this book to be both funny and touching. Myrtle makes a series of mistakes that ends up leading her to a better place in her life, one where she's happier with herself and her surroundings. The series of oddball decisions she makes are hilarious (the opening sequence of the book involves her taking too many muscle relaxers, skipping out on a scheduled cosmetic procedure because she freaks herself out and keeps driving, and realizing she's accidentally abducted a homeless man named Vetiver (or Hellcat on the street) who was sleeping in her truck). The wisdom that she gains and shares from her wacky adventure - both about herself and about the world at large - rings true as good advice for anyone floundering in their life as it currently stands. A quick read with an unusual format, I enjoyed it quite a bit.
August 5, 2013
Sheri has an excellent humor in this book and the spiritual wisdom intertwined is superb. It is a must read!
September 7, 2015
Wonderful and uplifting, in a quirky sort of way.
March 19, 2020
I've been a Sheri Reynolds fan since her first novel, Bitterroot Landing and it's usually a case of waiting for her next book to be published. This wasn't the case with this book as it's a departure from her usual style. I'm glad I waited though. The Homespun Wisdom of Myrtle T. Cribb is a completely different and deserves attention all on its own.
Myrtle Cribb is burnt out but doesn't know it. She's stuck in a rut and doing things she doesn't really want to do. She's been doing so for so long she has forgotten who she is and how to speak her own mind. When she secretly schedules an elective surgery she's not really sure she wants and begins her journey things go awry. The local drunk Hellcat is sleeping in her truck and wakes up when she is halfway down the road. Everything goes off course and Myrtle begins to discover herself. She and Hellcat go on a "quest" together. On this quest Myrtle begins to learn to love herself. Each chapter ends with "meaty tidbits" of wisdom that are really quite true.
This was a fun book with lots of discovery!
Myrtle Cribb is burnt out but doesn't know it. She's stuck in a rut and doing things she doesn't really want to do. She's been doing so for so long she has forgotten who she is and how to speak her own mind. When she secretly schedules an elective surgery she's not really sure she wants and begins her journey things go awry. The local drunk Hellcat is sleeping in her truck and wakes up when she is halfway down the road. Everything goes off course and Myrtle begins to discover herself. She and Hellcat go on a "quest" together. On this quest Myrtle begins to learn to love herself. Each chapter ends with "meaty tidbits" of wisdom that are really quite true.
This was a fun book with lots of discovery!
June 16, 2022
I had read several of Ms Sheri's books and enjoyed them, so why not this one? I'm glad I did. To tell the truth, the first few times I tried to read it, it got re-shelved. I didn't give-up on it and relegate it to the the second hand store box. Once I got into it, I was hooked. The characters were believable, as were their antics. I found the end of each chapter to have a novel (pun not intended) approach with an offering of self-growth through life lessons the 'actors' gained in the chapter. '. Food for thought. It is a book that will go on my keep for re-reading shelf- reserved for a select few. It approaches real life issues: marital discord, low self-image, creative self-care, prejudice, addiction, adventure - and more. It is written in story form, which makes it more palatable for me than a journaling self growth book - I have no doubt that each time I read it, I'll gain a bit more understanding of myself, as well as those around me. Another aspect I appreciated is that there are no situations, characters left hanging.
August 12, 2018
Myrtle decides she needs a bit of plastic surgery to her nether regions and sets off on her own to get it done. Not long into her journey, up from the truck bed pops the local drunk. She takes him along and all kinds of good things begin to happen as Myrtle determines just how much plastic surgery might or might not fix her broken down marriage. Great fast read.
January 12, 2019
When your spiritual guide is flawed...
It is much easier to understand her, relate to her, and listen to her advice. If she can acknowledge her mistakes and bad decisions, it's easier to trust her with your stories and your fears.
I feel like Reynolds is exactly the kind of spiritual guide I've been looking for in my life.
It is much easier to understand her, relate to her, and listen to her advice. If she can acknowledge her mistakes and bad decisions, it's easier to trust her with your stories and your fears.
I feel like Reynolds is exactly the kind of spiritual guide I've been looking for in my life.
December 14, 2024
This book is a wonderful adventure of self exploration. I found myself not just a passive reader on Myrtle’s accidental journey, as this book will introduce different ways of thinking and have you questioning your own journey to self exploration that you didn’t even realize you might be on in the first place! I guess we are all on our own accidental journeys…
May 14, 2025
I have enjoyed Sheri Reynolds previous novels, especially A Gracious Plenty. This one was a bit more light-hearted and less emotional than her previous novels, but was a easy, fun read about a women having what can be described as a mid-life crisis. Myrtle is a sympathetic and lovable character. I like everything about the book except maybe the chapter about the red fox...that seemed a bit odd.
May 5, 2020
"I'm not a spiritual teacher in any traditional sense...I've never distinguished myself at formal meditation. When I light a candle, take a deep breath, and concentrate on the flame, my mind turns not to God, but to enchiladas."
-Sheri Reynolds
-Sheri Reynolds
July 14, 2023
At first I wasn't sure about this book, but like all Sheri Reynolds books, I completely fell in love with it by the end. A great story of finding yourself and sticking up for yourself, especially in romantic relationships
August 25, 2020
Quirky and fun to read.. sort of a moral to the story... Interesting.. enjoyable...
March 30, 2014
Sheri Reynolds writes a wonderfully Southern picaresque novel where Myrtle Cribb leaves her husband without warning on a journey into herself. She's on her way to a doctor's appointment she doesn't want to keep. She passes the doctor's office before nearly running off the road. Hellcat, the local homeless man, crawled into her truck the night before. He wakes up and scares her.
Myrtle wants to dump Hellcat someplace where he can walk back to the town they live in, but every time she gets close to doing so, she chickens out. Myrtle and Hellcat help each other on this journey into what's important in their lives. Two opposites, he understands her intuitively. She grows to accept herself through a series of short adventures.
Reynolds add "Meaty Tidbits" at the end of each chapter wherein she adds philosophical comments to underscore the narrative.
If you even have a chance to hear her read, trample everyone in your way to get to one of her readings. Then read one or more of her books. Her unique Southern voice resounds off the page. You'll never read one of her books without hearing her speak.
Myrtle wants to dump Hellcat someplace where he can walk back to the town they live in, but every time she gets close to doing so, she chickens out. Myrtle and Hellcat help each other on this journey into what's important in their lives. Two opposites, he understands her intuitively. She grows to accept herself through a series of short adventures.
Reynolds add "Meaty Tidbits" at the end of each chapter wherein she adds philosophical comments to underscore the narrative.
If you even have a chance to hear her read, trample everyone in your way to get to one of her readings. Then read one or more of her books. Her unique Southern voice resounds off the page. You'll never read one of her books without hearing her speak.
September 11, 2012
This book was quirky to boot! It is cringe worthy, sad, humorous and disastrous (for Myrtle anyway). I don't think the book description does Myrtle's story justice. The book was so much more than I expected. Yes, she is fed up with her husband and his narrow minded bs but it's not your usual "sad wife runs off and gets a life" sort of story. The town drunk, Hellcat, plays a enormous role in this novel and I fell in love with him more than Myrtle. I actually giggled, not many novels make me giggle. Sure, it goes where I expected it to in the end- but the journey was still worth the read. I don't want to spoil it for anyone, so all I will say is that I had a fun time reading it.
May 9, 2013
This seems a departure for Sheri Reynolds, more lighthearted and funny than her other books, although just as quirky as the last few. I loved it just as much as the others, maybe more. This is the story of Myrtle T. Cribb's adventures when she impulsively leaves her narrow-minded husband and departs on a trip, one on which she is unknowingly accompanied by the town drunk, Hellcat. The end of each chapter contains a daily devotional or lessons to learn, from Myrtle. Myrtle's down to earth wisdom and insights made these sweet and honest.
May 4, 2013
I loved this book! It's an easy read packed --- funny, yet full of wisdom. Myrtle Cribb is a delightful, honest character --- very much like Dellarobia in Flight Behavior (by B. Kingsolver).
The book is written by Sheri Reynolds who teaches at ODU. One of her books -- The Rapture of Canaan --- was an Oprah hook.
The book is written by Sheri Reynolds who teaches at ODU. One of her books -- The Rapture of Canaan --- was an Oprah hook.
November 4, 2013
Wasn't sure I was going to like it when the first "meaty bits" appeared...yet found it hard to put down; eventually, I was won over by the characters as well as Myrtle's pithy advice on life. I liked taking this journey with Myrtle and Hellcat. By the time I closed the book, I felt I knew them personally, and really, what better praise for a book is there?
January 6, 2013
A book I know I will read again. Wisdom and advice to make me live, think and feel better. Not to mention characters to prove that we are all imperfect in our own perfect way and change does not always guarantee happiness but you won't know unless you take that journey.
December 16, 2014
I recommend this book! It is an easy read, funny, and full of little snippets about how to live life well. I was assigned to read this in a grad class I took this semester, and everyone in the class loved this book.
December 7, 2012
Fun and quirky and everything I love in a book!
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