Tiger Lillie

By Lisa Samson and Julia Heaberlin

Book Overview

Always the wedding coordinator, Lillie Bauer makes brides' dreams come true, but when it comes to her own love life, she's never the bride. Fifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578565987
• ISBN13: 9781578565986
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Waterbrook Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

I couldn't ask for more

Mrs. Samson's books always undo me in such a way, that I can't review them exactly, but I must try. First, there was the language--colors, tastes, textures. Orange personalities and mustard silk sentences, phrases that slip over you like a favorite spread. I tried to write down the quotes, but there quickly became too many to count. And there was soon too much story to bother with such things, too much humor and heartbreak. Too much truth, sheathed in just enough grace to cover the hard parts until I could take them. Others have told of the top layer of TIGER LILLIE, a spicy mash sprinkled with the love inherited by the daughter of a blind Episcopalian and the need exploited in her younger sister. It's a tale of sufficient grace, of facing the skeletons, sometimes even the one under our flesh. Between the flamboyant flowers, wonderful gowns and delicious food of the employees of an extreme wedding planning company, rest courageous, kind souls whose collective, quiet love is always on time. Beneath the story rests a mirror, a glassy sea, allowing the light of Christ to refract between the pages. It is this light that brings me here, breathless, minutes after turning the last page. It is this light that brings me back to Mrs. Samson's books again and again. It is this light that draws me closer, for a better glimpse of Jesus.

Such a fun book

This was such an excellent book. This book dealt with a woman who was struggling to get her sister and niece out of an abusive situation. This book was just about the abusive situation. The book also talked about Lillie's struggles with her love life and about her quirky set of friends. They were so fun to read about. And I liked the balance in the book, between something so horrible as abuse, but as fun as friends and romance. I love the humor in the book. I really loved how 6 year old Lillie was envisioning "skeletons in her closet". Samson creates such unique characters in her books. Many books portray characters who are so glamorous. Samson's characters may not be the most glamorous, but her characters are everyday people with quirks just like everyone else. I also loved how she interwove life in communist Hungary into the book, and the story of Lillie's mother's escape from Hungary. The women in this book are remarkable. I highly recommend this book. I can't wait for Samson's next book.

Discover Unfettered Talent

The writer of this book - and several others - is pure genius. She has captured the pathos of contemporary women. Infused with brilliant glimpses of a life of faith, Lisa Samson is a force to be reckoned with...watch this wondrous talent. I hope that you too will enjoy Tiger Lillie...and the many other characters Lisa introduces in the pages of this novel. Enjoy!

Gripping read - raw, real, and full of emotion

This is definitely an outstanding book! I read it in two nights because I couldn't put it down! I laughed and cried with Lillie and her friends/co-workers and family, as they planned weddings, faced crises, and endured everyday life together. I worried and fretted in suspense about Lillie's sister, Tacy, who was trapped in an abusive marriage with a controlling, misguided husband. I enjoyed every second of the book! I hated to see it end. So don't miss out, read it and be ready to be hooked!!!

outstanding!

Delicious prose, endearing 3-D characters, poignant, tense, witty, creative point-of-view juxtaposition, scary, intelligent, spiritual, fun, dangerous...and did I mention the delicious prose?