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Whiskey & Ribbons

by Leesa Cross Smith
Whiskey & Ribbons

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ISBN13: 9781938235382
ISBN10: 193823538X



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O, The Oprah Magazine's Best Books of the Summer

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

Set in contemporary Louisville, Leesa Cross-Smith's mesmerizing first novel surrounding the death of a police officer is a requiem for marriage, friendship and family, from an author Roxane Gay has called "a consummate storyteller."

One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2018: Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, Harper's BAZAAR, The Millions, Electric Lit, Book Riot, BookBub, Chicago Review of Books, POPSUGAR, Refinery29, NYLON, and SheReads

Evi--a classically-trained ballerina--was nine months pregnant when her husband Eamon was killed in the line of duty on a steamy morning in July. Now, it is winter, and Eamon's adopted brother Dalton has moved in to help her raise six-month-old Noah.

Whiskey & Ribbons is told in three intertwining, melodic voices: Evi in present day, as she's snowed in with Dalton during a freak blizzard; Eamon before his murder, as he prepares for impending fatherhood and grapples with the danger of his profession; and Dalton, as he struggles to make sense of his life next to Eamon's, and as he decides to track down the biological father he's never known.

In the vein of Jojo Moyes' After You, Whiskey & Ribbons explores the life that continues beyond loss, with a complicated brotherly dynamic reminiscent of Elizabeth Strout's The Burgess Boys. It's a meditation on grief, hope, motherhood, brotherhood and surrogate fatherhood. Above all, it's a novel about what it means--and whether it's possible--to heal.


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Reading.BetweentheWines , June 01, 2018 (view all comments by Reading.BetweentheWines)
I really LOVED this book.  I waited a couple weeks to write a review of this one because I don't really think I can do justice to this one, but I'll give it a go...
Whiskey & Ribbons follows Evi, a recently widowed ex-ballet dancer and new mother, still grieving the loss of her husband Eamon, a police officer who was killed in the line of duty.  This book basically just takes place over one snowy weekend, but Cross-Smith's storytelling through 3 narrators -  Evi, Eamon and Eamon's adopted brother Dalton - and a lot of memories gives you all the context you need.  This is basically the story of the age old love triangle, the issue being that one part of that triangle is the seemingly perfect and unfortunately deceased Eamon.
While the plot doesn't sound entirely original or groundbreaking, somehow through Cross-Smith's lyrical prose the raw emotion of this story shines through and you can't help but jump all in.  My heart ached in all the right ways while reading this book; I wanted nothing more than to just join Evi and Dalton in their grief and consume this book over a snowy weekend, glass of whiskey in hand.  Sometimes you have just to sit and enjoy the vast range of emotions that exist to get from point A to point B and that's what this book made me remember.
Heartbreaking yet hopeful, and such an easy read - Whiskey & Ribbons was a pure joy to inhale and has made me a true Leesa Cross-Smith believer forevermore.  I'd recommend this book to anyone who can appreciate a good cry, a good glass of whiskey (or wine!) or a good book that can make your heart break and leap in joy in the same hour... or all of the above.


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9781938235382
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Publication date:
03/06/2018
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HUB CITY PRESS
Pages:
272
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Width:
6.40IN
Author:
Leesa Cross Smith

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