Review

Ave Maria Mulligan, local pharmacist, local drama director, unmarried at 35, and determinedly independent, is the lovable heroine of Adriana Trigiani's lovable novel, Big Stone Gap, which she reads in a truly authentic Big Stone Gap voice. It's a sweet story with some welcome rough edges, set in a wonderfully oddball Southern town a story of a good woman who finally finds her past, her way to the future, and the everyday joy of living and loving in the present.