6/10/2023 0 Comments Leaving cold sassyReaders should prepare for an interrupted work-in-process, an uneasy sense of a writer's voice about to be stilled. While it's tempting to relax and enjoy the outrageous southern situations, humor and attitudes here, the knowledge that the narrative will abruptly end (leaving conflicts sadly unresolved) dictates a cautious approach. Although the completed chapters do not cover their marriage, the births of their four kids or their hardships, these events are foreshadowed in fact, most of the characters are based on Burns's immediate family and the story draws on their experiences. Encouraged by local matchmakers, Will nervously courts schoolteacher Sanna Klein. This new visit to the fictional town of Cold Sassy, Ga., features the original novel's protagonist, Will Tweedy, now 25 and too dang skinny to fight in WW I. As she battled cancer, Burns (1924-1990) completed 14 chapters of a sequel to her 1984 bestseller Cold Sassy Tree, leaving behind at her death part of a 15th chapter and notes on how she intended to develop the novel's characters and plot.
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