I have more than one hundred books in my audio library. I would say that I am an avid listener of audio books. Saving Ceecee Honeycutt is one book I can listen to at any time. Jenna Lamia has some created some great characters with her performance. The story is great, once you get beyond the depressing first few chapters. Stick with it, you won't be sorry! :) Ceecee and her world make a great escape.

I truly enjoyed this book. I loved the story, characters and the narration. It is one of my favorite audio books.

strong southern women

She did very well. Her accents were distinct for each character (although she lost them a couple of times). Overall she brought the characters and the book to life.

I'm not much of a literary critic. When reading fiction, I mostly just want to be entertained and feel like I don't want to put the book down.

Having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was sad and fun and funny and uplifting and inspirational.

I loved CeeCee and all the strong southern women. They made me want to be from the south :D

Beth Hoffman has written a book from a child's perspective and accomplished an easy, light and funny narrative. Great switch from the intellectual and historical books.

I recommended this book to my teenager. I was expecting more from the plot but it was a simple book with interesting characters. I thought Jenna Lamia did a fine job.

Probably not. I thought it was an easy read but more towards the younger adults.

I have not listened to any more of Jenna Lamia's other performances. i thought she did a wonderful job.

I think you could...it was just easy to get into and each chapter had something different in it.

Absolutely. Because of the warmth and humor. There were moments that were so funny I laughed out loud. They are funny in a quirky way - because the characters are so distinct and they get into all sorts of predicaments. I think my favorite of these quirky scenes was with one of the older female characters... I could just picture it... an older lady, walking down the side walk with a click-ity-clack of high heels, beehive hairdo, and a unlit cigarette hanging out of her mouth (only there to fulfill a long time habit), pushing an office chair headed toward a picnic in a parking stall with her childhood best friend.The description of this scene transported me right there and made me alugh! The quirkiness of the characters, not just in this scene but others too, was just delightful.

I think what I loved equally as much was the relationships of all the women and how interconnected they were; regardless of age, social standing or race, it was the connections that made this book sparkle. The main description had it right - a good comparison to Steel Magnolias and The Help.

Steel Magnolias and The Help. This is a book that is set mostly in the south - Georgia. I've never been but it makes me want to go. Both Steel Magnolias and The Help are books that highlight the relationships between women.

The characters accents and voices. My imagination isn't that good. She brings life to their voices in a way that I wouldn't have heard in my own head.

Lots that made me laugh.
The scene that moved me was the scene where Oletta doesn't want to share her potato salad and CeeCee figures out how much Oletta really needs her love and friendship.

At first, I hated the narrator's babyish voice. I thought it might get better as CeeCee gets older but once I started to get into the story her voice seemed to fit. It became lyrical and a part of the southern culture it sought to portray. Funny, bittersweet, and lovely.

This story has so much flavor of the old south. This story will wrap you up and take you on young Ceecee's journey that works out so many things of her past history. But the focus doesn't focus on Ceecee's problems, but introduces her to the southern way of life and love from the supporting women around her.

All of the characters were good. Each contributed so much to the story. Ceecee was such a loveable character.

Loved this book. Constantly made me happy. A story about women for women and the beauty they bring to each other's lives.

The reader. She is phenomenal!!

She sounds EXACTLY like a small girl and a 80 year old woman in the same sentence!!

I loved the use of the childlike voice as narrator. Made the story even more interesting

Fabulous! She did an amazing job!

YES!

Great story, great narration, definitely a must listen