Title: Miss Dreamsville and the lost heiress of Collier County
Description: "In this sequel to Hearth's debut novel, MISS DREAMSVILLE AND THE COLLIER COUNTY WOMEN'S LITERARY SOCIETY, the characters reunite one year later (late summer 1964) to fight a large development along the tidal river where book club member Robbie-Lee grew up and where his mother, Dolores Simpson, a former stripper turned alligator hunter, still lives in a fishing shack. The developer is Darryl Norwood, ex-husband of narrator Dora Witherspoon, who returns to Collier County to assist in the battle. An old land deed, the discovery that one of the key characters has been using a false name, and a court hearing in which Jackie steals the show are just a few of the highlights. New characters include a young lawyer from Atlanta who is afraid to visit the Everglades, and the Ghost of Seminole Joe. Just as MISS DREAMSVILLE explored the ways that we can find a sense of home in other people, Hearth's latest novel shows how closely tied home is to a sense of place and the conflicts that can arise when that becomes threatened. For Darryl Harmon, the river is a place ripe for development. For narrator Dora Witherspoon (known as the Turtle Lady because she rescues Everglades "snappers") it's a place that belongs to the critters. And for Dolores Simpson, former stripper, it's a place to hide from the world"--
Subjects: Literature, Large type books, Intellectual life, Societies, Life change events, Fiction, Fiction, family life, Florida, fiction
Places: Naples (Fla.), Collier County (Fla.), Jackson (Miss.), Ocala (Fla.), New York (N.Y.)
People: Dora Witherspoon (fictional character), Dolores Simpson (fictional character), Robbie-Lee Simpson (fictional character), Jackie Hart (fictional character), Jane Wisniewski (fictional character), Priscilla Harmon (fictional character), Mrs. Bailey White (fictional character), Darryl Norwood (fictional character)
Time periods: 1964