Southern belle LeeLee Satterfield follows her husband,
Baker, to Vermont to open a bed and breakfast that they
dubbed The Peach Blossom Inn. After making the inn a huge
success, her no-good husband leaves LeeLee and their two
little girls for his mistress. Stuck holdingthe literal
bag, LeeLee decides to sell the inn and move back home to
Memphis. But when she gets back to Memphis she finds out
life is not the same as when she left. But that's ok with
LeeLee -- because it's time to make a new life for herself
and those she loves.
In Lisa Patton's novel, YANKEE DOODLE DIXIE, she picks up
where her characters from Whistling Dixie In A Nor'easter
left off, and the fun and feisty good times are still
rolling on.
LeeLee's support team - her beloved second mom Kissie, and
her girlhood friends Alice, Mary Jule, and Virginia - are
all set to help and support LeeLee as she has to learn how
to be a single mother and has to deal with the wagging
tongues of the town gossips. She realizes with her best
friends by her side anything can be done. LeeLee manages to
find a place to live and a great new job in the radio biz
and still have great fun with her friends and family.
LeeLee is a true heroine in this novel. She was pretty
brave in the beginning, leaving all that is familiar to her
and following her husband to Vermont to start a new
business. When her marriage fails, her bravery shows again
as she decides pick herself up and start her life over
again.
Lisa Patton has written a charming novel that will have
readers smiling and laughing and nodding their heads in
agreement throughout the book. The southern feel to this
story makes it a great weekend read as well as a great book
to share with girlfriends.
A charmingly funny testament to second chances in life and
love from the acclaimed author of Whistlin’ Dixie in a
Nor’easter Lisa Patton won the hearts of readers last year,
her book Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter became a
sleeper-success. Building on a smashing debut, Lisa’s poised
to go to the next level—because whether in Vermont snow or
in Memphis heat, Dixie heroine Leelee Satterfield is never
too far from misadventure, calamity...and ultimately, love.
Having watched her life turn into a nor’easter, 34-year-old
Leelee Satterfield is back home in the South, ready to pick
back up where she left off. But that’s a task easier said
then done…Leelee’s a single mom, still dreaming of the
Vermonter who stole her heart, and accompanied by her three
best friends who pepper her with advice, nudging and peach
daiquiris, Leelee opens another restaurant and learns she
has to prove herself yet again. Filled with heart and humor,
women’s fiction fans will delight in Yankee Doodle Dixie.
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