{"product_id":"saving-ceecee-honeycutt-saving-ceecee-honeycutt-a-novel-9780143118572","title":"Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteel Magnolias\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Help\u003c\/i\u003e in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Southern debut novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her mother, Camille, the town's tiara-wearing, lipstick-smeared laughingstock, a woman who is trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen of Georgia. When tragedy strikes, Tootie Caldwell, CeeCee's long-lost great-aunt, comes to the rescue and whisks her away to Savannah. There, CeeCee is catapulted into a perfumed world of prosperity and Southern eccentricity--one that appears to be run entirely by strong, wacky women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the exotic Miz Thelma Rae Goodpepper, who bathes in her backyard bathtub and uses garden slugs as her secret weapons; to Tootie's all-knowing housekeeper, Oletta Jones; to Violene Hobbs, who entertains a local police officer in her canary-yellow peignoir, the women of Gaston Street keep CeeCee entertained and enthralled for an entire summer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A timeless coming of age novel set in the 1960s, \u003ci\u003eSaving CeeCee Honeycutt\u003c\/i\u003e explores the indomitable strengths of female friendship, and charts the journey of an unforgettable girl who loses one mother, but finds many others in the storybook city of Savannah. As Kristin Hannah, author of \u003ci\u003eFly Away\u003c\/i\u003e, says, Beth Hoffman's sparkling debut is \"packed full of Southern charm, strong women, wacky humor, and good old-fashioned heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e was the president and co-owner of an interior design studio in Cincinnati before becoming a full-time writer. She is the author of two \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers: \u003ci\u003eLooking for Me\u003c\/i\u003e and her debut, \u003ci\u003eSaving CeeCee Honeycutt\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her husband and two cats in northern Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749275500818,"sku":"9780143118572","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b8a0a90-53fa-479d-9e72-c53297fdf480.jpg?v=1764074812","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saving-ceecee-honeycutt-saving-ceecee-honeycutt-a-novel-9780143118572","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}