The Family Frying Pan

by Bryce Courtenay

Book Overview

Mrs Moses is a small woman with a big heart and enormous courage. The only survivor of a Cossack raid on her village, she takes with her a big cast-iron frying pan, so heavy that she can only sling it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014300459X
• ISBN13: 9780143004592
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Penguin
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.1" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Bloody Brilliant!

Whoa! This book has it all! It has its sad moments, sad enough to make you cry. The characters's hope is heart warming. An the outcome is absolutely inspiring! The story in a nutshell is about a group of Russians who have escaped and fled there invaded village to find a new place to live their lives in peace. Everyday this group of refugees, who have all different backgrounds and personalities, have to walk across Russia in the snow. The main character (can't remember her name) leads the group and everynight she takes out her large iron frying and the group all put what scraps and pieces of food in the pan and cook just enough food to stay alive. While eating, each night a person will tell a story. Some are tragic, sad, inspiring, mysterious and all are unique. The ending of this Novel is truly inspiring! The Family Frying Pan is a novel different from Bryce's other ones. And isn't his usual type of story. When I first saw it I though it was a cookbook. Anyway it's probably my favourite book and is really, i mean REALLY worth reading! So go pick it up! Hope you all like it! It would make a great movie, Hopefully one day it is! Great work there Bryce Courtney!

Truth More Fascinating than Fiction

The true life stories of a small group of Russian refugees... stories of murder, fame, tragedy. Stories told to the author years later by the former "leader" of this band of refugees. Amazing.