Yankee Doodle Dixie - A Novel

Lisa Patton

Synopsis

“Yankee Doodle Dixie oozes Southern charm . . . Reading this book is like sipping a peach daiquiri on your best friend’s porch.” —Karen White, New York Times–bestselling authorLisa Patton won the hearts of readers with her book Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter which 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, thirty-four-year-old Leelee Satterfield is back home in the South, ready to pick up where she left off. But that's a task easier said than done . . . Leelee's a single mom, still dreaming of the Vermonter who stole her heart. 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 this novel.“Southern to the core . . . funny to the bone. Lisa Patton’s new novel proves that we can go home again, and in many cases we should.” —Fannie Flagg,New York Times–bestselling author“Not a beat missed when we head below the Mason-Dixon Line . . . Lisa Patton’s voice leaves us laughing, crying, and definitely wanting more!” —Susan Gregg Gilmore, author of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen“This eagerly awaited sequel is sure to please fans of the author’s first novel as well as fans of women’s fiction writers like Adriana Trigiani and Fannie Flagg.” —Library Journal

Disponible depuis: 06/08/2024.

Longueur d'impression: 303 pages.

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