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Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter (Dixie, Bk 1)
Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter - Dixie, Bk 1 Author:Lisa Patton Leelee Satterfield seemed to have it all: a gorgeous husband, two adorable daughters, and roots in the sunny city of Memphis, Tennessee. So when her husband gets the idea to uproot the family to run a quaint Vermont inn, Leelee is devastated…and her three best friends are outraged. But she's loved Baker Satterfield since t... more »he tenth grade, how can she not indulge his dream? Plus, the glossy photos of bright autumn trees and smiling children in ski suits push her over the edge…after all, how much trouble can it really be?
But Leelee discovers pretty fast that there's a truckload of things nobody tells you about Vermont until you live there: such as mud season, vampire flies, and the danger of ice sheets careening off roofs. Not to mention when her beloved Yorkie decides to pick New Year's Eve to go to doggie heaven -- she encounters one more New England oddity: frozen ground means you can't bury your dead in the winter. And that Yankee idiosyncrasy just won't do.
The inn they've bought also has its host of problems: an odor that no amount of potpourri can erase, tacky décor, and a staff of peculiar Vermonters whose personalities are as unique as the hippopotamus collection gracing the fireplace mantle. The whole operation is managed by Helga, a stern German woman who takes special delight in bullying Leelee for her southern gentility. Needless to say, it doesn't take long for Leelee to start wondering when to drag out the moving boxes again.
But when an unexpected hardship takes Leelee by surprise, she finds herself left alone with an inn to run, a mortgage to pay, and two daughters to raise. But this Southern belle won't be run out of town so easily. Drawing on the Southern grit and inner strength she didn't know she had, Leelee decides to turn around the Inn, her attitude and her life. In doing so, she makes friends with her neighbors, finds a little romance, and realizes there's a lot more in common with Vermont than she first thought.« less
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This is a great read that only took me one day to get through, because I couldn't put it down! Very light and funny, you will love the main character! I cannot wait for the sequel, this is a great new author that I highly recommend!
What a fun book this was - I laughed out loud several times. I could picture each of the characters in my mind and loved each one of them for their quirks. Really hope there is a second book in the works!
In the beginning, I was trying to figure out what was this book about - like was there a story even to be had? Then we got up north and I was seriously beginning to doubt there was a story but I kept on and, just before I was about to put it aside, the story emerged - Selfish husband leaves the family in the lurch for a wealthy woman. Now the story was about Leelee, who was totally out of her comfort zone as a southern lady left, literally, in the cold. As she finds her inner strength and moves forward, the story became interesting and I liked it so- I gave it a B-.
Nancy H. (barus) - , reviewed Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter (Dixie, Bk 1) on
I fell in love with this author's work when I read Rush. This novel is equally well written, fun, poignant and engaging. I couldn't wait to red the sequel, Yankee Doodle Dixie. Lisa Patton's style, her humor about Southerners and ability to create wonderful characters makes all her books page-turners for me. Very entertaining women's fiction.
At first, I wasn't sure I'd get through this book. Was a little too stereotypical: wife will do whatever her husband wants, "stand by my man" type of attitude by main character LeeLee. When her husband decides he wants to quite his comfortable insurance job in Memphis, TN and buy an inn in Vermont, she agrees. She and her two daughters move to the cold, and hostile, environment. Then when their situation changes, she's left to carry on. Comfy read for summer.