Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Buster Midnight's Cafe

Author: Sandra Dallas
Published: 1990
Genres: Fiction
Rating: 4

Summary
May Anna Kovacks was discovered on the dustry streets of Butte, Montana and went on to become a Hollywood star. War, fame, marriage, love, and heartbreak came and went. What never changed was the bond she shared with her two best friends, Effa Commander and Whippy Bird. When scandal, murder, and betrayal made a legend of May Anna, only Effa and Whippy Bird could set the record straight.

Review
This is a story of the brutal realities of life in the 1920s in the mining town of Butte, Montana. It is a story that includes the liquor, situations, and language you would expect to find in such a setting. It is a story of flawed characters doing the best they can with what they have been given. But above all, it is a story of friendships that last a life time.

Notes
This novel was particularly interesting to me because my great grandfather was a miner in Butte, and my grandparents met while attenidng high school there. If the characters in this novel were real, they could have been my grandparents' classmates.

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