My book club read Andrea Bobotis' book, The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt this month. This is Andrea's first novel and is set in the south. Bound, South Carolina is the name of the town and the main store in town is the Kratt Mercantile Company. Judith is the daughter of the store owner in 1929 when a tragedy occurs. At the end of the book Judith is 75. Her parents are dead. Her brother, Quincey is dead. Her sister is coming home for a visit for the first time in almost 50 years so Judith decides now is the time to make an inventory list of the possessions within the crumbling down Kratt household. Each chapter starts with her list of possessions and with every chapter we learn more about a few more possessions and the list grows longer. The character development is very charming. Other parts of this book (rascism, bullying, intimidation, and black-mailing) are not so charming. Most people in our group enjoyed the story. I thought the author was crafty in withholding some important information until the end.
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