Our guest today: Amy Hill Hearth
Why we love her: Her writing is delightful!
Her latest: Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society
The scoop: Eighty-year-old Dora, the narrator of a story that began a half century earlier, is bonding with an unlikely set of friends, including Jackie Hart, a restless middle-aged wife and mother from Boston, who gets into all sorts of trouble when her family moves to a small, sleepy town in Collier County, Florida, circa 1962.
With humor and insight the novel chronicles the awkward North-South cultural divide as Jackie, this hapless but charming “Yankee,” looks for some excitement in her life by accepting an opportunity to host a local radio show where she creates a mysterious, late-night persona, “Miss Dreamsville,” and by launching a reading group—the Collier County Women’s Literary Society—thus sending the conservative and racially segregated town into uproar. The only townspeople who venture to join are regarded as outsiders at best—a young gay man, a divorced woman, a poet, and a young black woman who dreams of going to college.
Inspired by a real person, Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women’s Literary Society will touch the heart of anyone and everyone who has ever felt like an outsider longing to fit in.
Our thoughts: We think you'll love this heartwarming tale.
Giveaway: THREE Copies! Leave a comment and you'll be entered to win! We'll choose the winners on Sunday, October 21st after 6pm PST.
Fun fact: Amy has written several very interesting non-fiction books, check them out!
Where to read more about Amy: Her website, or Facebook.
CHICK LIT IS NOT DEAD PRESENTS...AMY HILL HEARTH'S 5 THINGS I'D TELL THE TEEN ME
1. Being an outsider or outcast can make you strong.
2. Ask more questions. Don’t accept lame answers.
3. Be kind to everyone, but never, ever allow yourself to become a doormat.
4. Don’t wear your trendiest clothes and wildest hairdo for your class picture.
5. Seek advice from older people. They really do know more than you do (most of the time).
Thanks Amy! xoxo, L&L