Miss Julia's School of Beauty - Hardcover

Ann B. Ross

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9780786276196: Miss Julia's School of Beauty

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ISBN 10: 0786276193 ISBN 13: 9780786276196

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2005

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A New York Times Bestselling Author

Miss Julia has finally succumbed and become Mrs. Murdoch. Between settling into a new home and refereeing squabbles between Sam's housekeeper and her beloved Lillian, she is enjoying the distraction of coaching Hazel Marie's beauty pageant contestants in poise and etiquette. But when Hazel Marie and Little Lloyd have a dangerous domestic mishap, Julia packs up and moves back home, Sam in tow.

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About the Author:

Ann B. Ross is the author of eighteen novels featuring the popular Southern heroine Miss Julia, as well as Etta Mae's Worst Bad-Luck Day, a novel about one of Abbotsville's other most outspoken residents: Etta Mae Wiggins. Ross holds a doctorate in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has taught literature at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

From AudioFile:

Miss Julia is fast becoming a Southern literary icon, with narrator Cynthia Darlow's excellent presentation aiding her popularity. In this outing, not only is Miss Julia questioning the validity of her wedding chapel marriage, but she's also assisting Hazel Marie, her late husband's mistress, with a beauty contest for Miss Abbot County Sheriff's Department. The usual luscious ingredients of Southern manners, sex, and modern and traditional values collide with human foibles, causing hilarious results. Darlow is splendid as she personifies Little Lloyd (a 9-year-old white boy), Miss Lillian and Leticia (Julia's African-American maid and her granddaughter), Mr. Pickens (Hazel Marie's detective/beau), and Sam (Miss Julia's intended) plus the young, unformed beauty pageant contestants. Darlow's skill lies in each character being splendid without overdoing the accent. One of Ross's best for old--and new--fans. S.G.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award � AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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