âEntirely satisfying, an expert balance of warmth and compassion, terrific supporting characters, a little steamy sex and just enough suspense to keep you from guessing how it will all go down.â â Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A hilarious novel about one womanâs quest to redo an old house . . . and her life, as only New York Times bestseller Mary Kay Andrews can tell it.
After her boss in a high-powered Washington public relations firm is caught in a political scandal, fledgling lobbyist Dempsey Jo Killebrew is left unemployed and broke. Out of options, she reluctantly accepts her fatherâs offer to help refurbish Birdsong, the old family place he recently inherited in Guthrie, Georgia. All it will take, he tells her, is a little paint and some TLC to turn the fading Victorian mansion into a real-estate cash cow.
But when she arrives, Dempsey realizes that âBird Droppingsâ would more aptly describe the moldering Pepto Bismolâpink dump with duct-taped windows and a driveway full of junk. Thereâs also a murderously grumpy old lady, one of Dempseyâs distant relations, who has claimed squatterâs rights and isnât moving out. Ever.
Everyone in Guthrie seems to know Dempseyâs business, from a smooth-talking real-estate agent to a cute lawyer who owns the local paper. As if that's not bad enough, pesky FBI agents keep showing up on her doorstep, looking for information about her ex-boss.
All Dempsey can do is roll up her sleeves and get to work. Before long, what started as a job of necessity somehow becomes a labor of love and, ultimately, a journey that takes her to a place she never expectedâback home.
Jessica
21/02/2024
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