The White Palazzo

by Ellen Cooney

Book Overview

Days before her wedding, Tara Barlow ditches her fianc and her hometown to head west in her prize Mustang after she discovers that her dream wedding venue--the White Cliffs--has burned down.

Tara's alarmed family sends the town psychic, Guida, to find her. When she tracks Tara to a town full of Fellini-esque characters, the two find themselves surprised but requited in their mutual attraction. They immediately hit the road, attempting to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566891345
• ISBN13: 9781566891349
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

What a Burst of Novel Energy

Just when I thought I knew a lot about how novels are put together, i.e., turning my hand to write one myself, along comes a book that, you get completely engrossed like it's a page-turner, and it hasn't got any of the aspects you think a novel has to have. There are two central characters but lots of minor characters, most of who, you never even actually see, they're background stories. But it's all such a vivid novel; you get so caught up in the plain sheer energy and power of the author's voice, which is amazingly unique. It gives me so much inspiration for what you can do with novels. I LOVE this book. I want to read the author's other works. Tara Barlow, the main character is unlike anyone I ever met in a book before, and so is Guida, her new girlfriend. Great!

Highly enjoyable

THis is a light, enjoyable novel with very serious undercurrents about self and love and being in the world in the way you need to be in the world. I love this book. I can't wait to read it again.

Terrific!

I just finished reading this novel and I thought it was terrific. I loved the characters and found the story totally absorbing, tender, and funny. This book deserves to be a huge success.

A burst of colorful life

This novel is unlike anything I ever read... I heard this writer on the radio reading from her book and I got her book because I was attracted by the sound of her words and the ideas of her characters.I LOVED this book. It just jumped off the pages at me. Its' about 2 women and their new relationship but it makes you see anything is possible! And it is lots of fun.

A free-spirited road trip that opens the soul

The White Palazzo by Ellen Cooney is a superbly crafted novel of two women who discover one another, in a journey that leads to lesbian love, abiding faith in one another, and a free-spirited road trip that opens the soul. A combination romance, folk tale, humor novel, and poignant reflection on destiny, The White Palazzo offers a unique and enthralling reading experience from cover to cover.