Lovesick, by James Driggers

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Lovesick is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction! Spanning the 1930s to the present day, James Driggers' evocative Southern Gothic collection introduces the intriguing inhabitants of Morris, South Carolina--a small town where a mix of rich, poor, and in-between co-exist, grappling with desire, ambition, hope, and loneliness. . .Amid a landscaped dotted with farms, trailers, and genteel homes, there lives a talented baker who desperately needs to win a cooking contest but must team up with a down-on-her-heels society matron to do it. . .the Bramble sisters, whose husbands tend to be short-lived and wealthy, but whose latest prospect arrives with complications. . .a widow who becomes dangerously obsessed with a snake-charming televangelist. . .and a lonely florist who will do anything for the sake of a ruthless local mechanic. With wit and insight lurking beneath a palpable air of menace, James Driggers' debut is a tautly plotted, evocative exploration of love--and all that we do in its name. . .

Lovesick, by James Driggers

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1371994 in Books
• Brand: Driggers, James
• Published on: 2015-03-31
• Released on: 2015-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.24" h x .78" w x 5.49" l, .1 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Lovesick, by James Driggers

Review "Jim Driggers's Lovesick is a collection of novellas that are just as heartbreaking as they are wise, just as beautiful as they are devastating. While spanning nearly the entire 20th century and tackling some of our nation's greatest social and cultural issues, Lovesick anchors its heart to the fictional town of Morris, South Carolina, and its collection of seemingly eccentric citizens whose traumas, loves, and comedic turns simultaneously charm and repulse us, and that's what good - dare I say great - fiction is supposed to do. Lovesick does this in spades. Like Allan Gurganus and Doris Betts, Jim Driggers gives us small town life in a way that reveals big, heartfelt ideas and universal themes. “ --Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home

“In Lovesick, Jim Driggers takes us behind polite surfaces across a century as old plantation land turns into subdivisions, unraveling the concealed tragedy next-door, the romantic yearning behind a tabloid scandal, and the scheming and sacrifice hidden between the lines of a legendary Southern cookbook.  Witty, compassionate, yet unrelenting, Driggers knows what ties a fatal loveknot: the object of forbidden love may be indifferent, unworthy, or just plain poisonous, but what matters to the lovestruck is to give all and so find a way to be, however briefly, truly alive.”  --Lynne Barrett, author of Magpies

“We may think we know some of the personages that populate James Driggers’ tour de force, Lovesick.  Here is the overweight insurance salesman, the sisters jealous of each other, the shiny-hair evangelist, and the faded southern belle.  But then we watch them think and do things we could never have imagined. There’s a hint of Erskine Caldwell here – with a strong dash of Grand Guignol.  We may never understand, but we are convinced.  Yes, he gets away with it.” --Fred Chappell, author of Look Back All the Green Valley

“Like a swiftly moving train rolling through the deep South, Lovesick takes you on an incredible journey filled with history, lies and deceit.  I couldn’t put it down.” --Lisa Jackson, # 1 New York Times bestselling author

“Lovesick is aptly titled.  These four interrelated novellas, each a bit more twisted than its predecessor, hinge on lovesickness of one kind or another.  The characters live in a South where violence blooms like ditch lilies along an unpaved road.  Not for the faint of heart, these stories will not quickly fade from the reader’s memory.” --Wayne Caldwell, author of Requiem by Fire

“While James Driggers' ensemble of unforgettable characters are unified by the blood-soaked daggers of lust, greed, and ungovernable passion, Lovesick is ultimately a gorgeous exploration of humanity--our sorrow and hope, loneliness and joy, and above all, love, how it lifts us, and how irrecoverably lost and shattered we are without it.” --Patrick Michael Finn

“Four powerful, long stories constitute Driggers’s debut collection set in various periods in the small town of Morris, S.C., and though crimes are a common denominator, the crimes themselves are uncommon. In “Butcher, the Baker,” set in the 1930s, black felon George Butcher, a self-taught baker, partners with ambitious white Virginia Yeager to enter the white-only Mystic White Flour baking contest in Atlanta. The Bramble sisters, Freddie and Jewel, make a killing out of marriage, literally, until a pregnant, unmarried girl comes into their lives, in “The Brambles.” When Sandra Maxwell is unexpectedly widowed in “Sandra and the Snake Handlers,” she becomes obsessed with TV evangelist Shep Waters. Florist M.R. Vale, the eponymous narrator of “M.R. Vale,” is gay in a time and place not known for tolerance, but he manages to avoid trouble until he gets involved with rough mechanic Lonnie Flowers. Each plot line appears to lead to a predictable outcome, but Driggers consistently surprises.” – Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Original, well written By Dave Astle This book is a collection of 4 short stories, all very slightly connected to one another. All are tragic, all contain a love story of sorts, and they all take place in the rural south.The first story is about a black man named George Butcher. After returning home after serving his country in the Great War, he finds that, at home, he is still looked down upon for his color. But he can cook and bake better than anyone and he knows that if he had a chance, he could open up his own place and make something of himself. When a contest opens up, looking for the new face of Mystic White Flower, he has an idea that will help him and the white woman he chooses to be his accomplice. Unfortunately, things don't work out quite as planned.The next story is about two sisters who are devoted to one another, who live together on the farm they bought with the insurance money they collected when their collective husbands died. Younger sister Jewel has decided it's time for another husband but this time, there's a complication and the sisters' lives are forever changed.In the third story, a widow loses her mind after losing her husband and becomes obsessed with a televangelist. Nearly twice his age, she buys sexy new underwear and attends his live meeting, only to be injured when he begins the snake handling portion of the evening. Somehow, she has come to believe that the snake is in his pants and must be rooted out.In the last and, to me, most disturbing (violence, rape, murder) story, M.R. Vale is a successful small town florist who becomes obsessed with a mechanic of dubious intelligence. They become involved but M.R. doesn't realize who this man he is in love with truly is. He isn't just rough around the edges. He is a seriously dangerous, brutal man.All of the stories are well written and interesting and the book can easily be read in an afternoon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Plots and subterfuge By KasaC Each of the four novellas that make up this book take place in the lowlands of South Carolina around the fictitious town of Morris. Within each story is an unholy pact, drawn up in the name of love but with greed at its heart. Beginning in the 1930's with Butcher the Baker, each story advances about two decades with sly references to those preceding, revealing small town life in all its secrecy. Lovely writing, fine characterizations.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Alluring and Tragic By Kay This book gives the reader a collection of Novellas that are both alluring and tragic. The yearning the the characters have for a love that is out of their reach is truly is both captivating and heartbreaking. All of the stories provide a peak into the very human feelings of love, rejection, and the sadness felt when you realize that what you love the most is out of your reach forever and no amount of trying or scheming will bring you closer to what you really want. Love truly has its "price to pay". Of all the stories, I loved Butcher, the Baker. I can relate with using cooking and baking as an escape even if it is just for the moment. I think the saddest part of the story is the fact that Butcher no longer wants to cook in the end; the ability to create a beautiful dish when everything around you is chaotic transports you into a bubble of peacefulness even if it is only for a moment. It is about being able to create something beautiful when you feel anything but. If you are looking for a great awesome read this summer, I would highly recommend this book. I dare say there will be a character in this book you will be able to relate to.

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