Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind : A Novel
by Ann B. Ross | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0688177751 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0688177751 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Lizabeth86 of Middletown, Connecticut USA on 10/22/2004
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Miss Julia Springer, a proper Southern woman of a certain age, has had enough. And she's going to tell you about it whether you like it or not. Quietly coping with her husband's recent death and the burden of allocating the funds from his sizable estate, she receives an unexpected visit from one Hazel Marie Puckett, with a youngster in tow. Thinking this overly blond, spike-heeled woman must be selling something, she attempts to dismiss her with all the firm politeness that her Southern manners allow. Yet this perfectly practiced composure is quickly shaken when Hazel Marie unceremoniously announces her intentions: The child is Wesley Lloyd Springer's bastard son, and since the man left her penniless, she's leaving Little Lloyd in Miss Julia's care, relying on her "good Christian charity." Suddenly, this longtime church member and pillar of her small Southern community finds herself at the center of an unseemly scandal - and the guardian of a wan nine-year-old whose mere presence turns her life upside down. And she'll tell you, she's mad as a hornet on a rampage. With razor-sharp wit and perfect "steel magnolia" poise, Miss Julia speaks her mind indeed. She talks about the robbery, the kidnapping, and all of the other disgraceful goings-on that were precipitated by her husband's death - and the legacies he left behind. Even as she's driving the getaway car or lying to the police, Miss Julia always knows her own mind...despite what her pastor says - and she'll tell you about that, too.
Miss Julia Springer, a proper Southern woman of a certain age, has had enough. And she's going to tell you about it whether you like it or not. Quietly coping with her husband's recent death and the burden of allocating the funds from his sizable estate, she receives an unexpected visit from one Hazel Marie Puckett, with a youngster in tow. Thinking this overly blond, spike-heeled woman must be selling something, she attempts to dismiss her with all the firm politeness that her Southern manners allow. Yet this perfectly practiced composure is quickly shaken when Hazel Marie unceremoniously announces her intentions: The child is Wesley Lloyd Springer's bastard son, and since the man left her penniless, she's leaving Little Lloyd in Miss Julia's care, relying on her "good Christian charity." Suddenly, this longtime church member and pillar of her small Southern community finds herself at the center of an unseemly scandal - and the guardian of a wan nine-year-old whose mere presence turns her life upside down. And she'll tell you, she's mad as a hornet on a rampage. With razor-sharp wit and perfect "steel magnolia" poise, Miss Julia speaks her mind indeed. She talks about the robbery, the kidnapping, and all of the other disgraceful goings-on that were precipitated by her husband's death - and the legacies he left behind. Even as she's driving the getaway car or lying to the police, Miss Julia always knows her own mind...despite what her pastor says - and she'll tell you about that, too.
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I tried to read this book a few times, and very much wanted to like it. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get into it. Something about the voice just didn't work for me. Obviously, I need to spend more time in the South! The fault is mine, not the book's, and I hope the next reader enjoys it more. Thanks for the chance to read this book.
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Released 16 yrs ago (1/21/2008 UTC) at Target in Milestone Shopping Center in Germantown, Maryland USA
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Please take your time and read the book at your own pace. You can make a journal entry when you finish to record your thoughts about the book. Then, when you are ready to send it on its way, make a release note and leave it somewhere “in the wild” for another lucky reader to find. You are also welcome to pass the book along to someone you know, or keep it if you like.
