num_pages: 320
description: Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the tiny town of Big Stone Gap is home to some of the most charming eccentrics in the state. Ave Maria Mulligan is the town's self-proclaimed spinster, a thirty-five year old pharmacist with a "mountain girl's body and a flat behind." She lives an amiable life with good friends and lots of hobbies until the fateful day in 1978 when she suddenly discovers that she's not who she always thought she was. Before she can blink, Ave's fielding marriage proposals, fighting off greedy family members, organizing a celebration for visiting celebrities, and planning the trip of a lifetime-a trip that could change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Brimming with humor and wise notions of small-town life, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book with a giant heart. . . .
language: English
title: Big Stone Gap
titlecomplete: Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1)
characters: Iva Lou Wade, Nan MacChesney, Elizabeth Taylor, Nellie Goodloe, Uncle Wayne, John Warner, Fleeta Mullins, Ave Maria Mulligan, Aunt Cecelia, Lyle Makin, Aunt Alice, Zia Antonietta, Mario Barbari, Lew Eisenberg, Betty Slagle, Spec, Elmo Gaspar, Jack "Jack Mac" MacChesney, Inez Eisenberg, Meoli Vilminore, Worley, Gala Nuccio, Theodore Tipton, Otto, Pearl Grimes, Tayloe Slagle
genres: Audiobook, Chick Lit, Book Club, Historical Fiction, Southern, Adult Fiction, Adult, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 45866
places: Virginia, Big Stone Gap, Virginia
series: Big Stone Gap
publisher: Fawcett