It All Comes Back to You: A Book Club Recommendation! by Beth Duke (English) Pap

Description: It All Comes Back to You by Beth Duke Amazon #1 Best Seller (e-book): Alternating between Homecoming Queen Violet (1947) and cant-quite-find-her-crown Ronni (now), its book club fiction at its hilarious, warm, sad, and stunning best. In the tradition of Major Pettigrews Last Stand, Duke delivers an unforgettable elderly character to treasure and a young heroine to steal your hea FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Alabama, 1947. Wars over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing.Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Violet lives in a perfect world. Everybody loves her.In 2012, shes still beautiful, charming, and surrounded by admirers. Veronica "Ronni" Johnson, licensed practical nurse and aspiring writer, meets the captivating Violet in the assisted living facility where Violet requires no assistance, just lots of male attention. When she dies, she leaves Ronni a very generous bequestonly if Ronni completes a book about her life within one year. As shes drawn into the world of young Violet, Ronni is mesmerized by life in a simpler time. Its an irresistible journey filled with revelations, some of them about men Ronni knew as octogenarians at Fairfield Springs. Struggling, insecure, flailing at the keyboard, Ronni juggles her patients, a new boyfriend, and a Samsonite factory of emotional baggage as she tries to craft a manuscript before her deadline.But then the secrets start to emerge, some of them in person. And they dont stop.Everything changes. Alternating chapters between Homecoming Queen Violet in 1947 and cant-quite-find-her-crown Ronni in the present, IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOU is book club fiction at its hilarious, warm, sad, outrageous, uplifting, and stunning best. In the tradition of Major Pettigrews Last Stand and Olive Kitteridge, Duke delivers an unforgettable elderly character to treasure and a young heroine to steal your heart. Author Biography Beth Duke is the recipient of short story awards on two continents and is eyeing the other five. Her novels DELANEYS PEOPLE, DONT SHOOT YOUR MULE, and IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOU have earned a great deal of critical praise, including Beth Duke is a wordsmith of the best kind and her stories rank with the best in classic Southern fiction from Dan Brown, Author of Reunion. Her work has been published in numerous magazines and literary digests. Beth lives in the mountains of her native Alabama with her husband, one real dog, one ornamental dog, and a flock of fluffy pet chickens. Baking is a hobby, with semi-pro cupcakes and amateur macarons a specialty. And puns-she is a proud punslinger. Travel is her other favorite thing, along with joining book clubs for discussion. Please visit bethduke.com for more information and photos of the most beautiful readers in the world. Review "Beth Duke is one of those writers who leave you shaking your head when youve finished reading, muttering, Dang, I wish Id written that.She can spin a good yarn.She is as Southern as grits and sweet tea. Once you read one of her stories, you start to gravitate to her like a moth to a porch light. It All Comes Back to You is one of those stories you need to savor. You want to put the book down so as to have more to read tomorrow, but you cant. It becomes attached to you, a part of you. As does she. I catch myself smiling when Im reading her stories. They pull you in, and take you on a wild ride, but she returns you home at the end, safe and sound, and forever changed. But for the better. Beth Duke is a wordsmith of the best kind and her stories rank with the best in classic Southern fiction."- Dan Brown, Author of The Lunch Box and Reunion "I laughed a lot, I also cried in places, I felt an affinity for the characters - and there are many - and their sorrows. I loved Violet and how she took the lemons life had given her and made a lot of lemonade for others who had nothing. I loved Ronni and her wonderful, dry, self-deprecating humor. This warm, funny book will surprise you a lot.It did me because I was expecting a simple, charming story about a nurse who has to write a book about her benefactors life. Yes, its about that, but so much more. Please dont miss out on this wonderful story. I was sad when it ended."- Official 5-Star Readers Favorite Editorial Review Long Description Alabama, 1947. Wars over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing. Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Violet lives in a perfect world. Everybody loves her. In 2012, shes still beautiful, charming, and surrounded by admirers. Veronica "Ronni" Johnson, licensed practical nurse and aspiring writer, meets the captivating Violet in the assisted living facility where Violet requires no assistance, just lots of male attention. When she dies, she leaves Ronni a very generous bequestonly if Ronni completes a book about her life within one year. As shes drawn into the world of young Violet, Ronni is mesmerized by life in a simpler time. Its an irresistible journey filled with revelations, some of them about men Ronni knew as octogenarians at Fairfield Springs. Struggling, insecure, flailing at the keyboard, Ronni juggles her patients, a new boyfriend, and a Samsonite factory of emotional baggage as she tries to craft a manuscript before her deadline. But then the secrets start to emerge, some of them in person. And they dont stop. Everything changes. Alternating chapters between Homecoming Queen Violet in 1947 and cant-quite-find-her-crown Ronni in the present, IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOU is book club fiction at its hilarious, warm, sad, outrageous, uplifting, and stunning best. In the tradition of Major Pettigrews Last Stand and Olive Kitteridge, Duke delivers an unforgettable elderly character to treasure and a young heroine to steal your heart. Review Quote "Beth Duke is one of those writers who leave you shaking your head when youve finished reading, muttering, Dang, I wish Id written that. She can spin a good yarn. She is as Southern as grits and sweet tea. Once you read one of her stories, you start to gravitate to her like a moth to a porch light. It All Comes Back to You is one of those stories you need to savor. You want to put the book down so as to have more to read tomorrow, but you cant. It becomes attached to you, a part of you. As does she. I catch myself smiling when Im reading her stories. They pull you in, and take you on a wild ride, but she returns you home at the end, safe and sound, and forever changed. But for the better. Beth Duke is a wordsmith of the best kind and her stories rank with the best in classic Southern fiction." - Dan Brown, Author of The Lunch Box and Reunion "I laughed a lot, I also cried in places, I felt an affinity for the characters - and there are many - and their sorrows. I loved Violet and how she took the lemons life had given her and made a lot of lemonade for others who had nothing. I loved Ronni and her wonderful, dry, self-deprecating humor. This warm, funny book will surprise you a lot.It did me because I was expecting a simple, charming story about a nurse who has to write a book about her benefactors life. Yes, its about that, but so much more. Please dont miss out on this wonderful story. I was sad when it ended." - Official 5-Star Readers Favorite Editorial Review Details ISBN0578448831 Author Beth Duke Pages 300 Publisher Art of Dixie Year 2018 ISBN-10 0578448831 ISBN-13 9780578448831 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-08-28 Imprint Art of Dixie Subtitle A Book Club Recommendation! DEWEY 813.6 Short Title It All Comes Back to You Language English UK Release Date 2018-08-28 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132819270;

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