Leaving Cold Sassy: The Unfinished Sequel to Cold Sassy Tree

By Olive Ann Burns

Book Overview

Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann Burns unforgettable story of a Georgia town at the turn of the century, has captivated millions of readers with its tale of Grandpa Blakeslee, his young bride Miss Love, and the irrepressible fifteen-year-old Will Tweedy. Throughout her long battle with, Olive Ann Burns worked passionately on a sequel to this magical book. Only during her final days did she realize she wouldn't complete it, dictating from her hospital bed her wishes that the finished chapters be published. The result is Leaving Cold Sassy - a portait of the grown-up Will Tweedy; of the feisty young schoolteacher who captures his heart; of the town that has claimed a place in the American imagination; and, in a fascinating reminiscence by her editor, of Olive Ann Burns, a writer who didn't get a chance to finish her extraordinary tale. Complete with Olive Ann Burn's notes for later scenes and chapters exactly as she wrote them, Leaving Cold Sassy is a final, loving goodbye to Cold Sassy, Georgia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899199089
• ISBN13: 9780899199085
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Disappointing

While I loved Cold Sassy Tree this was a disappointment. Olive Ann Burns should have left well enough alone or specified that the sequel should have been finished by Katrina Kennison. Will Tweedy deserved a better adult life as the beloved mischievous teen on the first book.

Leaving Cold Sassy

We truly lost a great storyteller when Olive Ann Burns passed away. Even though I was so very disappointed in the way "Cold Sassy Tree" ended, she managed to keep me interested in "Leaving Cold Sassy"! I only regret that we will not be able to read any more of her work.

Leaving Cold Sassy

Loved it and was very disappointed when it ended. The story about the life and death of the author was very uplifting as well as sad. What an entertaining writer and I couldn't put down Cold Sassy Tree or this half-finished sequel. Highly recommended if you enjoyed Cold Sassy Tree.

Five stars for courage and as a tribute to an author who is

lost to us forever. Such a great loss to the literary world and to all of us whose lives were enriched by COLD SASSY TREE. I was shocked when the story came abuptly to an end because I realized that so did the life of this wonderful author. Sure, I knew it before I read it! But I still had to see what came next, even if it would be unfinished. I have my imagination and I think often of how the story would have ended if the author was still with us. Anyone who has read Cold Sassy should read this unfinished sequel...it is enjoyable and fun to return to that familiar territory inhabited by all the charming, really REAL characters. In a strange way they had become my friends and how enjoyable to see them again. Their lives will always be a mystery now and they will always pay tribute to this courageous woman who stuggled to finish this novel for our enjoyment.These books sit in a place of honor on my bookshelf and you can be sure I will read them over and over.

A Touching Tribute

Leaving Cold Sassy is a beauiful way to say goodbye to Cold Sassy as well as to its imaginative, artistic author, Olive Ann Burns. I realy enjoyed this unfinished sequel. But don't be disappointed when the book ends in the middle of everything, it really is beautiful.