- Hardcover: 425 pages
- Publisher: Thomas T Beeler; Largeprint edition (September 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1574905201
- ISBN-13: 978-1574905205
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 590 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
When we last saw Lucy Hatch, the spunky young widow of Moyer's first novel, she had succumbed to the whirlwind courtship of irresistible Ash Farrell, day-job carpenter and nighttime singer of country blues at the honky-tonk in their small northeast Texas town. Three months later and still steamy with sexual combustion, Lucy and Ash are shocked by the arrival of Ash's 14-year-old daughter, Denny, who's dumped on their doorstep by her flyaway mom. Lucy is knocked askew. Not only is she suddenly a surrogate parent, she also discovers that she's about to become a mother herself. The suspense of this sequel is activated by the leading characters' secrets. Lucy is afraid to tell Ash about the baby; Ash has ambitions in Nashville that he's keeping close to his chest; and ugly duckling Denny just wants to sing and play the guitar like her father does. Complications ensue, but they're down to earth and credible, if not dramatic. As before, Moyer makes the smalltown Texas atmosphere almost palpable: the heat, the (always good-hearted) gossip; the daily, dedicated beer drinking; the consumption of fast and fried foods are as authentic as a 10-gallon hat. Celebrations such as Juneteenth and the Fourth of July have a real rural flavor, and the twanging plaints of country music infuse everyday lives. When Denny's friendship with a black boy incites racism, the plot twist is predictable. On the other hand, Moyer springs a surprising insight into Ash's past, in the person of his mysterious mother, to explain the contradictory impulses that rule his behavior. While the romantic pas de deux in The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch had an astringent edge, this novel has the sweeter tone of people making do with the hands life deals them. Readers who met Lucy the first time around will want to follow the further adventures of this engaging heroine.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
On a lazy June morning in Mooney -- a wooded patch of sparsely populatednortheast Texas -- a shiny red Chrysler sedan pulls up to the home of Lucy Hatch and Ash Farrell, depositing a teenage girl on their doorstep before speeding away. For Ash, town carpenter and musician, the unheralded arrival of the daughter he hasn't seen in nearly eight years is a life-altering shock. It's certain to further complicate Lucy's increasingly complex relationship with Ash as well, now that she has discovered she is pregnant with his child. And angry, rebellious Denny must learn to live with a father she barely knows and the stranger who now shares his life -- in a town far tinier than any that has imprisoned her before -- as they all search for that elusive common bond that will help them become, at last, that most rare and precious thing: a family.
From the acclaimed author of The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch comes afunny, poignant, startling and uplifting novel of love and forgiveness that will remind every reader how good it is to be alive.
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Looking back, it seems like there wasn't anything remarkable about that morning, just one of what till then had been an unbroken chain of mornings like it, a long fever spell of green and summertime and damp sheets and bare skin and Ash at the center, at the heart, of everything. Read the first page
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Looking back, it seems like there wasn't anything remarkable about that morning, just one of what till then had been an unbroken chain of mornings like it, a long fever spell of green and summertime and damp sheets and bare skin and Ash at the center, at the heart, of everything. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good sequel,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Last of the Honky-Tonk Angels (Hardcover)
While i did enjoy this book alot...i didnt think it came as close to being as good as the first. I agree with the reviewer who said the characters were not fully developed...and I also found it hard to keep track of who was talking in each chapter. I do hope to see a sequel to this book...I'd enjoy finding out whether it was Sophie or Jude born.
5.0 out of 5 stars
We Need More Stars Here,
By Flush Barrett-Browning (Tennessee Valley) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Last of the Honky-Tonk Angels (Hardcover)
Marsha Moyer's The Last of the Honkey-tonk Angels is getting the nod as the best 'chick lit' novel of 2003. I'm not sure what makes it 'chick lit,' but I am sure that it's a fine fine book. It's also the sequel to Moyer's first novel, The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch, and I strongly suggest reading that one first.Lucy Hatch is a strong, sexy, earthy novel about two people finding each other despite, or, perhaps, because of their pasts. Honkey-tonk Angel is the story of what happens when Lucy wakes up one morning with sexy Ash and realizes that life must go on. Moyer introduces Denny, Ash's fourteen-year-old daughter, who comes to spend the summer with Ash and Lucy. And Denny becomes a strong voice in the novel. This is not a romance. It is a novel about relationships, and the ties of family and the past, and love, and growing up [whether you're fourteen or thirty-three], and accepting responsibility.... Once again Moyer's characters are full, well-rounded, quirky, wonderful; East Texas has never been more interesting, and the tension between love and sex never more successfully explored. Can I give this one a 6 out 5?
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lukewarm Follow-Up to Fabulous Debut,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Last of the Honky-Tonk Angels (Hardcover)
I thoroughly enjoyed "The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch." I loved that it was spunky and bittersweet. I really connected with Lucy Hatch and her struggle to move on with her life after the death of a husband she didn't really love truly engaged me. I rallied for her and Ash and was thrilled to see a sequel.But the sequel didn't advance the characters in a way that I found truly enlightening or moving. The first book felt freeing and you finished feeling as though you'd grown with Lucy. The second book tries to focus on too many main character and too many topics. Plus, the Ash I loved from book one wasn't quite so lovable in book two. Honestly, if these two immature adults had one more fight, I was sure that I would have to put it down without finishing it. It's sad to read a novel where the 14 year old girl is the most mature individual involved and that's not saying much. If you loved the first book, you'll probably want to pick this one up just to see where the author took her characters. But don't expect too much. And don't expect a satisfying ending.
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