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Patty Jane's House of Curl

By: Lorna Landvik
Narrated by: Janet Letnes Martin, Suzann Nelson
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Comic Lorna Landvik gives Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon a feminine perspective with her story about Patty Jane and Harriet Dobbin, two wacky Minnesota sisters. Patty Jane's downfall is to marry the gorgeous but irresponsible Thor Rolvaag. Before she can say "annulment," a baby is on the way and Thor is gone, leaving Patty to rely on sister Harriet. It would be Patty Jane's entrepreneurial spirit that moves her to establish a beauty shop, her House of Curl, which evolves into a support group and community workshop over three tumultuous decades. Gently humorous and peopled with eccentric characters, Patty Jane's House of Curl is a heartwarming, deeply satisfying experience.©1995 Lorna Landvik (P)16 9; 1996 HighBridge Company Entertainment & Celebrities Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Sagas Women's Fiction Celebrity Witty Heartfelt

Critic reviews

"Fun and funny, spiked with tragedy and sad times." (USA Today)
"Patty Jane's House of Curl has the emotional warmth of Lake Wobegon and the tender/tough female characters who populated Fried Green Tomatoes... A unique story." (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

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a beautiful, sometimes tragic story of family, friends and love. very touching and well narrated

family and love

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I had previously read this book and loved it so much that I decided to revisit it in audio format. Loved it just as much the second time around.

Makes me want to get a permanent wave!

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One of the best books I’ve read. I loved it. Love the middle west (Minnesota) culture the permeates it. Reminiscent of Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias. Can’t wait to read more of Lorna Landvik’s books.

Lorna Landvik reminds me of Fannie Flagg!

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Seriously did NOT want this book to end; Lorna Landvik’s inflections changing with each character had me almost driving off the road from laughing so hard, and I wanted to cry so many times for all the amazing characters. A MUST listen-to!

Hilarious, sad, all rolled into one

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Her character's were amazing! The story was funny, it was sad, it was romance, it was life! I look forward to reading or listening to more books by this author. She is completely down to earth.

Loved It!!!!!

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This was a great story and made all the better by the narration. They characters were believable and really likeable. I would like to read or listen to more books by this author.

Touching

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Loved every bit of it! It was lovely that the author read it, so you got the true message 💗

Felt like home

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I thoroughly enjoyed the simple but engaging story of two sisters from their early twenties through the following twenty years falling in love and suffering personal tragedy and even though they are deeply flawed people and have times of losing one another, in the end they struggle through together and show that you don' have to have a perfect life to have a full life as long as you got your family.

Great story and great narrator.

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This was recommended by my friend who is an avid reader, as a light summer book. Perhapse the story is better when read. The narrator, while her voice is pleasant enough, has not mastered the art of telling a story aloud. I could not get a grasp on if parts were meant to be funny or serious. The character voices are wanting. Overall, the read of the book made it seem like one big joke. Save it for paperback.

Not a good listen

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Performance was good. Pieces of the book were missing. Huge disappointment as this is one of my favorite books.

Not the full book.

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