The Dollmaker ~ by Harriette Arnow

**bumplett** · 08-16-2011, 09:33 PM

I had never heard of this book, nor the movie, until the FV thread about the most 'frugal inspiring' movies/television shows -

You guys had such rave reviews about the movie (with Jane Fonda) that I searched high & low, but still cannot find it (free) anywhere!

I did find it available for $4 to download, but I'm just not spending $4 on a movie download that may not work -

so I went to the library to search for the book -

Wow -

so this is where I've been in every spare moment for the past 4 days - reading -

I'm 3/4 finished - and I admit it was a rough start due to the language -

"dem youngens betar git um den"

OMG - I just feel the need to bathe and study an English book immediately following some of those sentences -

BUT it is a VERY VERY good story. I am VERY much in agreement that it is frugally inspiring!!

If you haven't read it, please do - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

**sinopa27** · 08-16-2011, 10:02 PM

that was my thread that started this. I knew you would like it!! Reading that broken english can be difficult. Oh.....wait until you see the movie!! It is a very good movie about frugality!
I am glad you liked it and I encourage others to read the dollmaker and see the movie!

**bumplett** · 08-16-2011, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by sinopa27

that was my thread that started this. I knew you would like it!! Reading that broken english can be difficult. Oh.....wait until you see the movie!! It is a very good movie about frugality!
I am glad you liked it and I encourage others to read the dollmaker and see the movie!

ohhh, the English is Broken alright!

I really wish I could find the movie! I've searched Hulu & YouTube, but I don't know where else I can look??

If you liked this one, you may also like Angela's Ashes (if you haven't read it yet) - it's non-fiction, which just makes it even more inspiring to me -

(also a movie, but I haven't seen the movie, so I can't say if it's 'inspiring')

**sinopa27** · 08-16-2011, 10:24 PM

i will look for that Angela's ashes book. Thanks!

**bumplett** · 08-16-2011, 10:26 PM

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**joyofsix** · 08-17-2011, 07:11 AM

Don't reckon what's broken bout dat langage. Sorta like my kin.

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**wunsagin** · 08-17-2011, 09:15 AM

I bought the book off of ebay and it came yesterday...Holy crud!! I predict several headaches in my future...599 pages and the print is teeny-tiny-small!

**Dixie** · 08-17-2011, 06:15 PM

I loved the movie, 'The Dollmaker' and can't wait to read the book. I can speak Appalachian very fluently since I was born and raised and still live about 1/2 mile from the river that inspired the movie, 'Deliverance'. lol

**Dixie** · 08-17-2011, 06:16 PM

Well, looks like spam has taken over my initial post. Rats.

**Imarachne** · 08-17-2011, 07:42 PM

Sounds like a good book, I think I'll try to get it !!

**sinopa27** · 08-18-2011, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Dixie

Well, looks like spam has taken over my initial post. Rats.

spam??? what?

**sinopa27** · 08-18-2011, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by bumplett

Amazon.com: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir (9780684842677): Frank McCourt, Brooke Zimmer, John Fontana: Books

thank you! that helps me a lot! I am going to see if the library has it today.
I think the Dollmaker movie is at the library too. If yours don't have it, I wonder if it can be borrowed from another library.