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Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen | Susan Gregg Gilmore
13 posts | 23 read | 15 to read
In early 1970s Riggold, Georgia, Catherine Grace Cline, the daughter of the local Baptist preacher, dreams of escaping her small town for Atlanta, but after her dream becomes reality, a tragedy transforms her perspective.
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CoffeeNBooks
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Eggs I actually read this several years ago😊 Cover Love 4mo
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AmyK1
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Pickpick

This is a low pick for me. I‘m not sure if it is or not but it reads like YA. At least it was a quick, easy read-and very predictable. The best part was the fun chapter titles.

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wideeyedreader
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Mehso-so

Our most recent book club read, and not a favorite. At least it‘s short and easily readable! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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OriginalCyn620
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First, the title is fantastic. Second, the book was just okay for me. A coming of age story set in the 70s, teenager Catherine Grace dreams of leaving her small Georgia town for the big city of Atlanta. When a tragedy brings her back home, she finds out family secrets that shake up her world. I really would‘ve liked more 70s references!

#bookspinbingo
#pop23 - a book set in the decade I was born

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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Butterfinger
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It isn't very profound or evocative, but it's sweet and reminds me of small town life - how I was raised and how I am raising my girls. It has a great lesson, even the Baptist preacher is a sinner; therefore there is no one who should be looking down their noses.

Leftcoastzen 🍦 3y
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bookandbedandtea
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I quite liked this book except for one annoying caveat. First, the good stuff: a close knit little town with lots of quirky (and mostly loveable) characters, an MC who feels pretty real and relatable, lots of wonderful descriptions of clothes and food and gardens. The bad: the number of times "dad gum" or "gosh durn" or something similar was used just about drove me nuts. I'm pretty sure that even in a small town in the 50s, even in Georgia, ⬇️

bookandbedandtea ⬆️ it would be rare to find people who spoke like such caricatures and it took me out of the story several times due to excessive eye rolling on my part. 3y
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks This is my #BookSpin for May 😊 3y
TheAromaofBooks It does sometimes feel like an author gets a little hung up on certain phrases 😂 3y
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Sparklemn
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Fairly predictable story about a small town girl, her family, the local characters, and her big city dreams. However, it was a quick and fun read.

MemoirsForMe I enjoyed this book too. The hilarious title won me over immediately. 😆 4y
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LibraryCin
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Mehso-so

I enjoyed this. There was more God in it than I expected. Growing up in a small town (unless it‘s different in the South), I didn‘t find that much talk of “the Lord” in casual conversation as there was in this book/town. I have mixed feelings about the ending. Some of it, I liked, but some of it seemed to tie up a bit too nicely in a bow. Overall, though, it was fairly enjoyable

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APLitlife
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1. Usually go to YA. Simpler and quicker to read.
2. Delivered newspapers at 10, started at Dairy Queen at 14.
3. Currently an English teacher and basketball coach.
4. Living my dream job. Wanted to be a teacher since 6th grade.
5. Coffee, but usually have ice tea in my Swell.
#manicmonday @JoScho

JoScho Living you dream job is beyond awesome 😊 7y
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mariaku21
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Mehso-so

This left me with a major DQ craving.

I have no underlying emotion for any of these characters. I wasn't left wanting to know more about them but was glad to have finished.

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Eggs
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Change of pace with Southern charm, this novel explores forgiveness, dreams and the reality of how perfectly imperfect we humans are.

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mskbp
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Pickpick

Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen is a coming of age tale that, and you know this right off the bat, will eventually succeed in making you cry. I love it when a book elicits emoticon, whether it's tears or LOLing. I started it this morning at the pool and by the time I was finishing it up at home I had a smile on my face and a hankering for a dilly bar.

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Alliedanielson
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Mehso-so

Finished this one last night. It vaguely reminded me of Cold Sassy Tree but not nearly as detailed and fabulous. I think the story moved far too quickly, causing it to be a bit disjointed. It also got a touch too preachy for me at the end. But I did enjoy the Southern appeal and many of the characters.

TriniCapini I remember reading this one but not a thing about it. Think the best part of it was the title! 8y
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