The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society
The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society book cover

The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society

Paperback – June 30, 2012

Price
$14.95
Format
Paperback
Pages
216
Publisher
Bell Bridge Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1611940954
Dimensions
6 x 0.49 x 9 inches
Weight
11.4 ounces

Description

"Delightful." -BOOKLIST "Readers will laugh at the antics of steel magnolia vigilante justice as the tea-toting, bible-quoting ladies fumble and bumble in their endeavor to protect their cohort and town . . . . the classic good rural vs. evil-urban premise makes for a fine, polite (sort of like a southern contemporary Arsenic and Old Lace) . . . tale." - Harriet Klausner Book Reviews

Features & Highlights

  • Coconut cake, grits, poisoned turtle stew and bird-watching . . . the ladies of tiny Tea-Olive, Georgia share a lot of interests, including murder. Retired judge L. Hyson Breed, a Yankee, picked the wrong Southern woman to trick, bully and steal from. The members of the Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society plot revenge after the judge's marriage to their friend, Sweet, turns out to be a greedy grab for her land and for control of their town.
  • To the rescue: Beulah, Zion and Wildwood (all named after hymns, as is Sweet). The only problem? The wannabe murderers are southern matrons from a more civilized generation. How does one remain polite even while planning to kill a man and get away with it?

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This is not great literature, but it is charming and made me smile. For me, and indeed my whole book club, it was perfect in reminding us to walk on the light side often enough to smile throughout the day/..
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