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Lunch Ladies
Jodi Thompson Carr
Century House Press
Publication Date: December 1, 2024
282 Pages
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Genres: Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction
This book reminded me so much of Fannie Flagg’s writing style and I loved it. This one takes place in Hanley, Minnesota. We get different points of view from the three main female characters and some of their family. We also get different timelines from earlier in their lives as well which gives us the back story of important events in each main character’s life.
And just like Flagg’s writing the story is full of humour. It’s about the community as a whole and the individual community members. The author created such a wonderful story here with small-town charm and a few goofy characters, but more serious topics are also involved. There’s plenty of death and loss, but that’s just life and it doesn’t make the book depressing in any way.
The best part of this book was the author’s delivery of complex human characters and their various relationships. Thompson Carr’s book is written with compassion, and because of that, her characters are true to life. She writes an entertaining tale while taking on important social commentary. This is about working women in 1976 Minnesota and these characters will stay with me for a long time. I remember my mom going back to work in the 70s.
This book surprised me in the best way possible, it was heartwarming and enjoyable a wonderful debut that has me asking what will Jodi Thompson Carr come up with next.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
All three leads are lunch ladies and I couldn’t help but think of Chris Farley dancing to Lunch Lady Land. Hoagies and Grinders Anyone?
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