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In this collection of heartfelt and involving vignettes, Anne Rivers Siddons, the beloved best-selling author of Downtown, Hill Towns, and Colony, offers a stirring and insightful look at our everyday world and how one woman has chosen to live in it. Moving from memories of her gentle grandfather to her uncanny ability to attract stray animals, Siddons' intimate stories of her family are graced with the same poetic lilt and vibrant detail that have so wonderfully served her novels. For all those who know and love her works of fiction, John Chancellor Makes Me Cry is a glorious and thoroughly entertaining treat.
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"Insights into the author's life, including her incurable habit of adopting lost cats, sometimes to her husband's chagrin. Depicts life in the South. Sometimes sweet and sentimental, a favorite, easy, comfortable read. "
— Carol (5 out of 5 stars)
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“A multidimensional portrait of Siddons and the people of her world.”
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“Ivey ably captures the soft accent and measured cadence of a Southern lady. Her voice is very soothing, and she reads gracefully at a gentle pace.”
— AudioFile
JOHN CHANCELLOR MAKES ME CRY Listener Reviews
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" If you want to know the 60's in the south...this is the book. "
— Laura, 9/16/2013 -
" Enjoyable essays - like an invitation into her home. Some of the stories made me laugh out loud! "
— Leigh, 9/11/2013 -
" One of the best books. "
— Suzanne, 9/5/2013 -
" I loved these essays! As a Southerner, I could relate to much of what Mrs. Siddons describes. "
— Lucinda, 8/13/2013 -
" Insights into the author's life, including her incurable habit of adopting lost cats, sometimes to her husband's chagrin. Depicts life in the South. Sometimes sweet and sentimental, a favorite, easy, comfortable read. "
— Carol, 3/24/2013 -
" Although the author wrote a new preface to this edition 20 years after the original publication saying that she thought these light essays had held up well, I found them less relevant that I expected. I love her fiction, but was not as enchanted with stories of her own life. "
— Terry, 11/30/2012 -
" A sweet, enjoyable collection of short nonfiction stories about the author's life. "
— Ryann, 6/14/2012 -
" If you want to know the 60's in the south...this is the book. "
— Laura, 6/13/2011 -
" A sweet, enjoyable collection of short nonfiction stories about the author's life. "
— Ryann, 12/6/2010 -
" I loved these essays! As a Southerner, I could relate to much of what Mrs. Siddons describes. "
— Lucinda, 7/20/2009
About Anne Rivers Siddons
Anne Rivers Siddons (1936–2019) wrote nineteen novels, including several New York Times bestsellers, as well as a work of nonficton and two movie scripts. Her novels received praise from Stephen King and Pat Conroy. Her debut novel, Heartbreak Hotel, was made into a major motion picture in 1989 titled Heart of Dixie. Her novel The House Next Door was made into a made-for-television movie that aired in 2006 on Lifetime Television.