Type of bind: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: September 05, 2002
Publishing house: St. Martin's Press
Sale Popularity Level: 1008468
Studio: St. Martin's Press
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Life may have been hard on Addie French, but when she meets friendless Emma Roby on a train, all her protective instincts emerge. Emma's brother is seeing her off to Nalgitas to marry a man she has never met. And Emma seems like a lost soul to Addie-someone who needs Addie's savvy and wary eye. It isn't often that Addie is drawn to anyone as a friend, but Emma seems different somehow. When Emma's prospective fails to show up at the train depot, Addie breaks all her principles to shelter the girl at her brothel, The Chili Queen. But once Emma enters Addie's life, the secrets that unfold and schemes that are hatched cause both women to question everything they thought they knew. With Sandra Dallas's trademark humor, charm, and pathos, The Chili Queen will satisfy anyone who has ever longed for happiness.
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The Chili Queen: A Novel
I really enjoy most of Sandra Dallas' works, and in particular the Persian Pickle club. This one was lighter than most, with a touch of farce. What ruined it for me was the graphic description of the violent end of Emma's husband and daughter. While the event sets up her motives, we could have got the idea without reading about how her 7 year old is raped and her skull is crushed. That image overpowered the rest of the story.
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I loved Sandra Dallas' Tall Grass so I thought I would read another Sandra Dallas book, but, I was very disappointed.
There were moments that I liked the book but it was so predictable. The only twist was that Welcome was a man, other than that, the story and its "twists" were extremely obvious.
It was a quick read but not worth the little time needed to read it. But, do read Tall Grass, since it was a very well written book that was well thought out.
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I would say that I feel that this book and "Buster Midnight's Cafe" are Sandra Dallas's best books. The others just aren't as good.
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I haven't had this much fun reading a book in a while. The characters were, well - characters. Dallas really fleshes them out, as she does so well in all her books. This was a tough book to put down. Full of surprises. Great read.
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While I like most of Sandra Dallas' books - generally historical fiction set in a variety of periods and places - I thought this one was sort of lacking her usual charisma. I have to admit, this story about a whorehouse madam in 1880s Arizona, her bank-robber boyfriend, and a mail-order bride who latches onto them after her groom rejects her is well-written -- none of the characters are who they appear to be, and the ending totally had me going, "WOW! Never would've suspected THAT..." But after I finished, I was also just left with a sense of...eh.
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