Yankee Doodle Dixie
A Novel
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3.9 • 62 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
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 this novel.
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Patton follows her debut (Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter) with this semisuccessful sequel. Leelee Satterfield marries her high school boyfriend and follows him from her beloved Memphis to open an inn in rural Vermont, where he abandons her and their two young daughters for another woman (with larger breasts). When Leelee gets an offer on the B&B, it's back to Memphis, with her only regret the "what if" of Peter, the gentleman chef she left behind after a kiss to die for on the way out of town. Leelee first settles in with Kissie, the black housekeeper who raised her, then rents a house next door to an intrusive Tupperware salesman with a lisp. She lands a job at a radio station with the help of close friends, but runs afoul of her boss' rigid rules and a jealous male D.J. with a bustle-like behind. What works is the wonderful, Southern-fictiony relationship between Kissie and Leelee and her daughters, her close friendships, and that certain sorority sister prissiness unique to Southern women of a certain age. What doesn't work is 34-year-old Leelee's pop-cultural references (Gladys Travis from Bewitched, American Bandstand) more believable in a woman older than Leelee, as is that certain sorority sister prissiness.
Customer Reviews
Yankee doodle Dixie
Awesome summer read... Great follow up to the 1st novel
Above and beyond
Out of all my years, this is one of my all time favorite books ever written!