Big Ivy
Big Ivy Book Club
that he doesn’t have long to live.
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T_he story goes on from there
to involve a little lame girl named
T_he Big Ivy Book Club will meet Patsy and two secret, do-good,
at 10 am on Saturday (Dec. 26) at competing societies of womenóthe
the Big Ivy Community Center at Mystic Order of the Royal Polka
540 Dillingham Road to discuss dots and the Mystic Order of the
Fannie Flagg’s “A Redbird Christ- Dotted Swiss.
mas.” One critic has called Fannie
T_he story is set in the town of Flagg “the literary equivalent of
Lost River, Ala. T_he title comes buttery cornbread” and the story a
from a redbird named Jack who fable of idyllic small town.
has been shot and is nursed back to But Flagg said, “T_he place I write
health by the town’s grocer. about (not its real name) really does
Like Jack, 50-something Oswald exist, and the people I write about
T. Campbell “migrates” from Chi- really are as nice as they are in the
cago to the warmer climate of Lost book. T_his book is also about the
River after being told by his doctor healing power of nature.” She has
spoken also about her own dyslexia
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and A.D.D. and how it impacts her
St Matthews
writing routine. said, “I think Southerners love to
Anglican Church
About her penchant for writing talk, and writing is just an exten-
about strong women, Flagg said, sion of that.”
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“I write about strong, irrepressible Flagg cited “A Christmas Mem-
Reems Creek women because both my grand-
ory” by Truman Capote as one of
Rd. mother and grandmother, and most her favorites and further said, “I
Weaverville of the women I know, are strong.” don’t want to read about the dark
When asked about the storytell- side of life; I can look at the news
828-877-3708
ing prowess of Southerners, Flagg for that.”
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December’s “Other Side of the Mountain” dinner scheduled for
Monday (Dec. 21) at Blue Mountain Pizza was rescheduled to Jan. 4
because of the snow. T_hose with reservations for Monday’s dinner can
North Buncombe’s
still go to the Jan. 4 dinner and several more spots opened up because
full service hospital
of cancellations. For more on the dinner, go to bluemountainpizza.
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