num_pages: 273
description: Miss Julia, a recently bereaved and newly wealthy widow, is only slightly bemused when one Hazel Marie Puckett appears at her door with a youngster in tow and unceremoniously announces that the child is the bastard son of Miss Julia's late husband. Suddenly, this longtime church member and pillar of her small Southern community finds herself in the center of an unseemly scandal--and the guardian of a wan nine-year-old whose mere presence turns her life upside down.With razor-sharp wit and perfect "Steel Magnolia" poise, Miss Julia speaks her mind indeed--about a robbery, a kidnapping, and the other disgraceful events precipitated by her husband's death. Fast-paced and charming, with a sure sense of comic drama, a cast of crazy characters, and a strong Southern cadence, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind will delight listeners from start to end.
language: English
title: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
titlecomplete: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind (Miss Julia, #1)
genres: Chick Lit, Cozy Mystery, Southern, Novels, Adult Fiction, Adult, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 16968
places: North Carolina
series: Miss Julia
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks