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The Curl Up And Dye

The Curl Up And Dye, February 2014
by Sharon Sala

Sourcebooks Landmark
Featuring: LilyAnn Bronte
288 pages
ISBN: 1402283962
EAN: 9781402283963
Kindle: B00FG9YQQY
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"Watch the Transformation of the Beauty Queen to Ugly Duckling Back to Beauty Queen"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Curl Up And Dye
Sharon Sala

Reviewed by Sharon Salituro
Posted March 22, 2014

Women's Fiction Contemporary

Lily Ann has been living in the past. Eleven years ago she was the talk of the town. All for good reason, she was the most poplar girl in the school and dating the star quarterback Randy. They were in love, than 911 happened and Randy enlisted and went off to fight. Lily Ann gets the news that Randy was killed in combat. She is beside her self and basically ends her own life as she knew it. Now eleven years later she is living in her family's home, next door to her best friend Mike. Mike has been in love with Lily Ann since they were kids. Lily Ann has never felt that way about Mike. Lily Ann hears a loud truck and at first thought that Randy was back. T.J. is back in town to fix up and flip a home that his uncle left to him. All the women in town are attracted to T.J. including Lily Ann. Lily Ann decides it is time to take back her life. First things first, she needs to drop all the weight that she had gained since Randy's death. Next head over to THE CURL UP AND DYE and get a complete makeover. Enter Ruby, Mabel, Jean, Vera and Vesta, who have been wanting to remake Lily Ann. They start out by giving her a new hair style. Final step join a gym. The one that just happens to be owned by Mike. Mike and Lily Ann have their time together, watching a movie or just going out to get a bite to eat. T.J. starts to take an interest in Lily Ann once he notices that she is changing. He tries several times to get her attention, but for some reason Lily Ann just isn't interested in him any more. T.J. is not use to being ignored by women and does not take kindly to Lily Ann's reaction to him. Mike has a accident, Lily Ann helps him out and realizes that what she has been looking for is just across the yard. Will these two old friends find the happiness that they both have been looking for or will T.J. cause too many problems? Sharon Sala's THE CURL UP AND DYE is a delight. Since my mother used to work in a beauty shop, I can relate to the way the girls took over the transformation of Lily Ann. Sharon's story revolves around a small town where everyone knows everyone, and there are not any secrets. The story of Lily Ann drew me in from the beginning and right up until the end I couldn't put THE CURL UP AND DYE down.

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SUMMARY

Those were the best days of her life... "Poor LilyAnn," the local ladies lament. "She sure is stuck in the past." Eleven years ago, LilyAnn Bronte was the Peachy-Keen Queen of Blessings, Georgia—the prettiest, smartest, and most popular girl in town, going steady with the star quarterback, a high school career on the fast track to success. Then Randy Joe was killed in Iraq, and somehow LilyAnn just let herself go to seed. Ruby, Mabel Jean, Vera, and Vesta of the Curl Up and Dye have been itching to give LilyAnn a makeover, but she knows it would make more than a new hairstyle for her to get her life back. Until one fateful day, when a handsome stranger roars into town, and LilyAnn has a revelation. Maybe the best is yet to come...


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