Hoosier Daddy

De: Ann McMan, Salem West

Narrado por: Christine Williams

Jill Fryman (Friday to her friends) is a line supervisor at a truck manufacturing plant in a small southern Indiana town. Life on the assembly line is almost as predictable as her love life. When it comes to matters of the heart, Friday always seems to be making the wrong choices. Things go from bad to worse when El, a sultry labor organizer from the UAW, sweeps into town to unionize the plant right after it's been bought out by a Japanese firm. Sparks fly on and off the line as Jill and El fight their growing attraction for each other against a backdrop of monster trucks, catfish dinners, Pork Day USA, and a bar called Hoosier Daddy.

©2013 Ann McMan and Salem West (P)2014 Audible Inc.

A wonderful book!

I love this book! Christine Williams is a fantastic narrator. Her delivery of the dialogue and humor inspire one to laugh out loud while listening. Ann McMan and Salem West are a great team.

LOL funny

Any book that drops quick references of Dune, Star Trek, and Yoda is my kind of LOL book.

The book that wpuld not end

The narrator did a good job reading this awful book. I struggled to finish it and was very happy what it was over.

cute and funny

this book is full 9f laughter and mishaps. it was a great romantic comedy

Hilarious and Sweet

I couldn't stop listening to this book. I laughed out loud. I have recommended it to friends. I have purchased other books by this author because of how great this one was, and they lived up to her high standards as well.

Shouldn’t be rated “Sexy”

I loved Jericho and was expecting similar enjoyment from this one as well. The beginning was funny but I didn’t get the instant attraction thing especially on El’s part. I got board with about three hours left and couldn’t finish.

my favorite McMan/West book

Hoosier Daddy by Ann McMan and Salem West is my favorite of these author's books. Christine Williams narrates in a deep, penetrating voice, which adds nuance to the colorful romance. I love how familiar this story sounds, in that the characters are people you'd probably run into at any country supermarket.

The connection between Jill and El is real. You know right away that they're meant for each other, but the practicality of their circumstance, and Jill's pragmatism with feeling stuck in southern Indiana, gives way to doubt, which makes it a steamy, slow burn. The romance is wrapped around their comedic encounters in familiar facilities, as well as, every day happenings in a small town with its assembly work, social conventions, and gossip.

This audiobook, delivered in a voice that is sexy and funny, is well suited to the McMan/West novels. I have listened to Hoosier Daddy for the second time, and it is just as enjoyable and laugh-out-loud funny as the first time. Give me some time, and there will be a third, and probably a fourth, time listening or reading this book. Thankyou for the ride.

cornbally

I like the narrator, but the story made it long and cornbally. Christine did a great job as always.

One of my favourite books ever

If you could sum up Hoosier Daddy in three words, what would they be?

Hilarious
Warm
Quirky

Who was your favorite character and why?

El is brilliant, beautiful, and dedicated to her job, but is also a sweetheart with champion A++ banter and flirting skills. It’s no wonder Friday can’t stay away from her, even while they’re both mindful of their places on either side of the union/management lines.

Which character – as performed by Christine Williams – was your favorite?

Probably still El.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, definitely.

Any additional comments?

Hoosier Daddy is funny, but in a way that is smart and quirky, and I found myself constantly grinning or laughing. The locals in the story aren’t very educated and they are very peculiar, but it never makes a mockery of them. This story has so much heart and was clearly written with a lot of love, because it would have been so easy to make a bunch of caricatures instead of characters.

The first person narration works so perfectly because it feels like the reader is sitting at a table at Hoosier Daddy while Jill tells them the whole story of how she met and fell in love with El. By giving it that conversational feel, the authors cleverly skirt the showing vs telling rules of storytelling; what could have ended up as clumsy info dumping with a lesser author(s) is simply Jill is filling in the information I wouldn’t know as an outsider.

I received a free copy from the publisher for an honest review at The Lesbian Review.

A cute story.

It was well-performed and kept me interested. I usually prefer a little more steamy material, but this was a nicely written almost wholesome story.