6/20/2023 0 Comments Leaving cold sassy treeWrote the Washington Post’s reviewer, “ Cold Sassy Tree is not a dear sweet southern story, although it is certainly rich with emotion, humor and tenderness. On the strength of its popularity and recommendations from the American Library Association and other literary opinion-makers the book has found its way into hundreds of high-school classes, book clubs, and onto many other recommended lists.Ĭhosen in 2002 as one of the “Books All Georgians Should Read” by the Georgia Center for the Book, Cold Sassy Tree was nominated for an American Book Award when it came out, and Burns was honored as Georgia Author of the Year by the Dixie Council of Authors and Journalists. Olive Ann Burns’ 1984 novel Cold Sassy Tree, about a Georgia town at the beginning of the twentieth century, remains in print decades after its publication and continues to reach millions of readers with a timeless story that transcends regional boundaries.īurns’ tale of a North Georgia community modeled on her family home of Commerce was an immediate success, a Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller.
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