Title: Looking For Me Author: Beth Hoffman 368 pages, Published by Pamela Dorman Books Beth’s Info: Website | Twitter | Facebook Buy The Book: Amazon Summary: A Southern novel of family and antiques from the bestselling author of the beloved Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Beth Hoffman’s bestselling debut, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, won admirers and acclaim with … Continue reading
Title: The Last Original Wife Author: Dorothea Benton Frank 368 pages, Published by William Morrow Dorothea’s Info.: Website | Facebook | Twitter Buy The Book: Amazon Summary: Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley’s wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their … Continue reading
Title: Low Country Summer Author: Dorothea Benton Frank 384 pages, Published by William Morrow Paperbacks Dorothea’s Info.: Website | Facebook | Twitter Buy The Book: Amazon Summary: “Happy birthday? My pig-farmer boyfriend was in absentia, the county sheriff was the current cause of some very naughty thoughts, my drunk sister-in-law was passed out at my … Continue reading
This Summer I’m participating in a Dorothea Benton Frank read along. Her books take place in the South and are packed full of Southern wit and charm. The Last Original Wife comes out June 11. It centers around Leslie Anne Greene Carter and her husband Wesley. Yes, Leslie and Wesley. The novel is about what … Continue reading
Title: Hell or High Water Author: Joy Castro 352 pages, Published by Thomas Dunne Books Joy’s Info: Website | Twitter Buy The Book: Amazon Summary: Nola Céspedes, an ambitious young reporter at the Times-Picayune, finally catches a break: an assignment to write her first full-length feature. While investigating her story, she also becomes fixated on … Continue reading
Over the past few weeks I kept seeing a commercial for a TV show on ABC called GCB. The promo is hilarious. It features a group of women in Dallas, Texas whose exploits will surely give the ladies of Desperate Housewives a run for their money. Every time I watched the commercial I wondered, What … Continue reading
When I was a junior high student, I once checked a book of poetry by William Wordsworth out of my school library for over an entire year. Each week bringing it in to check it back out. Reading and re reading favorite passages. These were the days before easy purchase of anything imaginable over the … Continue reading
New Directions Some of you have probably noticed the site has taken a new direction lately. I debuted the Wife Life column a couple of weeks ago, and over the next couple of months I am going to slowly introduce a few more columns and categories into my regular line up. I am still going … Continue reading
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