The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

by Edward Kelsey Moore

          How would your life be different if you grew up with your BFF’s, shared everything, and in some cases lost everything? Well this is a wonderfully told story about three lifelong friends who do just that.

Odette , Clarice and Barbara Jean grew up in a small town in Indiana. This small town shaped them, as towns do to all of us. Even big cities have small neighborhoods, and these “villages” determine what the city will be for those growing up in them. This is the same function as a small town. These three friends could not have been more different but it is their differences that make the bonds of their friendship so remarkable.

 Odette, proud and strong with a moral compass that all of her friends rely on is the main character in this story. She is also engaged in the fight of her life for her life. Her courtship by James is unconventional but really works. He is stable and strong, as is she, and she will need every bit of strength of the both of them before this story ends. Odette also has the pleasure of talking to her dead mother and many other recently departed. These are among the funniest and warnest moments in the book.

Clarice is proper and long suffering. She is a talented musician who gave up a chance at a career to marry the man that she fell in love with. This is the story of so many women of her generation.  This is a bitter pill to swallow especially in light of what her husband turns out to be!

Barbara Jean is a young girl who falls in love with someone who she should never have and discovers that you don’t get to choose who you fall in love with. This nearly destroys her. Her life goes along a path that she didn’t choose but in the end works out.

In fact all of the lives in the end work the way they are supposed to. I really believe that when let go of preconceived notions about what we should be and what we should do, we lead fuller lives.  This is just what the gals do and they do open up to the possibly of love and new experiences. There is a great deal to digest and discuss in this book and I will be going back to read parts of it again it again. My Kindle makes that really easy to do !