The Last Talk with Lola Faye

I wasn't expecting to get drawn into The Last Talk with Lola Faye by Thomas H. Cook as much as I did.  I grabbed the book from the library shelf because it was displayed directly on the shelf (instead of lined up straight with all the boring books) and because I was thinking of Captain Cook and the Great Barrier Reef.  So even though I picked up the book for not the best reasons, this was a page turner of a book.  It's just a conversation between a guy and a woman who used to work in his father's store but the conversation is fascinating!  There are two sides to every story and Lola's story is much different than Lucas' story.  Lucas thinks he's so smart because he went to Harvard while Lola stayed in a small town in Alabama.  As the conversation progresses, Lucas realizes there is more to Lola than he thought. Her comments and her thought provoking questions  lead him to realize she's got a lot more going on than he thought she did AND his assumptions about her were all wrong.  I wondered what Lola had in mind when she began this conversation because it's very clear she is leading the discussion down a premeditated path.  Who is Lola?  A boring small town store clerk or a dark woman with a checkered past?  And who is Lucas?  A published PhD in town on a book tour or a selfish man/child who has a lot of growing up to do?  This was a great book that I read quickly in two sittings.