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“It’s like listening to Virginia Woolf and her pals gossiping and philosophizing.”—Glamour

“Brown has some of the same effervescent yet secure trust in her local characters that Eudora Welty feels for hers...when history nicks them, they slap right back.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A lively and very lovely book.”—Publishers Weekly

No matter how quirky or devilish, Brown’s people cavort in an atmosphere of tenderness....It is refreshing to encounter this celebration of human energy.” —Chicago Sun-Times

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Perched right on the Mason-Dixon line, tiny Runnymede, Maryland, is ripe with a history almost as colorful as the women who live there—from Celeste Chalfonte, headstrong and aristocratic, who murders for principle and steals her brother’s wife, to Fannie Jump Creighton, who runs a speakeasy right in her own home when hard times come knocking. Then of course, there’re Louise and Julia, the boldly eccentric Hunsenmeir sisters. Wheezie and Juts spend their whole lives in Runnymede, cheerfully quibbling about everything from men to child-rearing to how to drive a car. But they never let small-town life keep them from chasing their biggest dreams—or from being true to who they really are. Sparkling with a perfect combination of sisterhood and sass, Six of One is a richly textured Southern canvas—Rita Mae Brown “at her winning, fondest best”(Kirkus Reviews). --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Reality shown hanging, in all it's twisting honesty, Jun 3 2004

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Rita Mae Brown has written a modern classic about the vagaries of life itself and the interaction of various people throughout life and from a variety of perspectives. It is easy to love the characters in this book, mainly because they are presented as well rounded and complete people, but also because we see in them members of our own lives. I read constantly and from all genres of writing, without any doubt this is my favorite book of the thousands I have read. I first read "Six of One" twenty years ago and am right now waiting for my fifth copy from the bookstore. I wore the pages out of the others amid much laughter and tears.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my 2 favorite all time reads..., April 29 2004

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I read this when I was very young, not long after reading the gripping but totally depressing Well of Loneliness. Six of One was the first lesbian title I read that made me laugh and feel hopeful. What a Joy!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars LOL Funny!, Dec 9 2003

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I'll tell you how good I found this book: I've read it so many times, it's falling apart. I'm about to get a new copy. This book is laugh-out-loud-til-you-cry funny!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious family saga on the Mason Dixon Line
As the town of Runneymede is divided by the Mason Dixon Line, so is the family that Rita Mae Brown chronicles through several generations in this, one of her best loved and most... Read more

Published on Oct 15 2003 by Peggy Vincent

5.0 out of 5 stars Rita Mae Brown at her best!
"Six of One" is a rousing tale of two sisters told by Rita Mae Brown in her unapologetic, eccentric Southern style. Read more

Published on April 10 2002 by S. Stinson