The Upper Room

De: Mary Monroe

Narrado por: Kevin Free

Nationally best-selling author Mary Monroe createsan unforgettable cast of characters in The Upper Room. Mama Ruby stole her best friend's baby girl, ran off to Florida, and raised her as her own. Maureen is the center of Mama Ruby's world, and she will do anything to protect her and their life together. Now Maureen wants to know what the rest of the world is like. She is determined to find out, but escaping Mama Ruby won't be easy.©1985 Mary Monroe (P)2002 Recorded Books,LLC

Goons...Wow!!

The characters were fantastic.. oddly enough to be believable.. A tale of a twisted soul!! entertaining.

Momma Ruby was one of kind lol

This book was entertaining from the beginning. I laughed so hard at certain points. Good story line and well narrated even with all of the many characters.

Excellent read

Mama Ruby was a complicated character. I enjoyed the authors attention to detail. Each scene was as though you could picture it. Well worth the read. Hilarious and serious.

The southern phrases

I'm not sure if it was meant to he funny, but this book had me in tears.

This book was so funny

Just the way the characters talked and acted kept me laughing. Mama Ruby was something else.

Strong characters.

Too lengthy. Too racially biased. Made this reader sometimes feel uncomfortable, but wanted to acknowledge the author’s efforts.

Great listen!

Very good read. I could visualize the characters and the story! Would love for this to be a movie! I could already imagine who mama Ruby would be. I’m gonna read all 3 books!

Crazy but good...

Although Mama Ruby was the HOTTEST mess ever, this book really kept my interest. I literally laughed out loud multiple times at this group of characters. The slang and accents that were used- while exaggerated at times, is representative of the deep South so it didn't bother me too much. I do wish that the author spent more time on the ending because I feel like after receiving so many details throughout the story for the story to end like it did felt rushed and not as satisfying as I thought it would have. Overall, I liked everything but the ending.

Secrets and No secrets

This was another great story. I get caught up in the ridiculousness of the storyline. This one in particular was so silly that is was good. It would be an interesting book club read.

Not sure how this hasn’t been adapted to the big screen yet…

Amazing coming to age of Ruby and Maureen! In the likes of the color purple or Forrest Gump. Truly was an entertaining read