Birthday Pie is both hilarious and poignant as it explores the dynamics of the dysfunctional Martindale family. Their patriarch is dying and the family is gathering to say their goodbyes. The reunion raises old slights, stunted dreams and buried secrets but also reminds them of the laughter and love that binds them.
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Arthur's BlogElizabeth J. Musgrave - Gotta Go - Reviews Birthday PieAugust 18, 2011
A book, which is enjoyable at the time of reading, might be easily set aside when the last paragraph is absorbed. Others contain characters easy to envision on stage, big or small, live or taped, but definitely worthy of life outside the pages. The reader finds himself, long after the book has been closed, (more…)
Carey Parrish reviews Birthday Pie and talks to Arthur about the success of his newly formed publishing company, Galaxias ProductionsAugust 14, 2011
One of the most popular novelists on the scene today, Arthur Wooten has recently released his third book. Birthday Pie is the story of (more…)
Fruit Cocktail Review - Goodreads - Gregory G. AllenAugust 11, 2011
It was so great to return to the characters in Fruit Cocktail from Arthur Wooten's On Picking Fruit. I felt as if I were returning to a dear friend (that luckily I had only seen a few months ago when I read the first one) along with new characters that were just as vivid (more…)
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ARTHUR WOOTEN BOOKS
In Wise Bear William: A New Beginning, toys long forgotten in an attic discover that children are coming up to rescue them.
On Picking Fruit is a delicious tale about a gay man whose search for love runs up against bad luck, bad boys and bad advice from his irreverent mother, incorrigible best friend and unorthodox shrink.
In this freshly squeezed sequel to the critically acclaimed On Picking Fruit, Curtis Jenkins ironically pens the bestselling self-help book, 101 Ways to Collide into Your Gay Soul Mate, while still finding himself single and in the deep end of the dating pool.
A Stroke Of Luck: a short story and The "Dear Henry" Letters
In 1954 a divorced and destitute suburban housewife finds self-esteem, financial security and true love selling Tupperware.
When Lex Martindale, a New York City writer, goes home to celebrate his birthday and say good-bye to his dying father, he struggles with whether or not to share with his eccentric Southern family news of his own life-threatening situation.
Angie Styles, a beloved Broadway star, is struck down at the height of her career by a mysterious disease and is forced to reexamine her life and the people in it as she fights to survive. |