Notes from Nov. 2013 group

A REDBIRD CHRISTMAS  By Fannie Flagg

                                                                                                                                   

Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a place that time itself seems to have forgotten. After a startling diagnosis from his doctor, Oswald T. Campbell leaves behind the cold and damp of the oncoming Chicago winter to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River. There he meets the postman who delivers mail by boat, the store owner who nurses a broken heart, the ladies of the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dots Secret Society, who do clandestine good works. And he meets a little redbird named Jack, who is at the center of this tale of a magical Christmas when something so amazing happened that those who witnessed it have never forgotten it.

This was a “feel good” / laugh out loud book.   The story is full of unique characters and has a timeless, interesting plot.  You have to keep reading to find out how the book ends.  Our entire group loved this book.  We thought it would make a good Hallmark movie.