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Great Reads > Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, Beth Hoffman


Welcome to my world, baby girl” (to paraphrase Fannie Flagg's title) is what came to my mind on meeting the narrator of Beth Hoffman's delightful debut, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt (Viking, Jan.). Twelve-year-old CeeCee is a survivor. Alone too much, and with too much responsibility because of her psychotic mother, CeeCee is old beyond her years. When her mother dies, her mostly absent father sends her south from Ohio to Savannah under the care of her never-before-seen Great Aunt Tootie. The reader is introduced to a wide assortment of Southern women, each of whom plays a role in CeeCee's healing and coming to terms with her life. Each character also helps paint a detailed picture of the dichotomy between the “old South,” with its decaying gentry, and the changing South, where black and white are more than servant/mistress and white gloves are being exchanged for jeans and flip-flops. This lovely novel has earned the status of “LizPick” even before it's published.

--Liz Murphy, Learned Owl Book Shop, Hudson, Ohio

 

 

Links
Author Website:
www.bethhoffman.net

Product Detail
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
Beth Hoffman
A Pamela Dorman Books/Viking Hardcover
Pub Date: January 12, 2010
Hardcover
$25.95
ISBN: 978-0-670-02139-0

Publicity
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt PR

Cover: lo-res | hi-res
Author: Photo

Author Tour
Beth Hoffman was the president and owner of a major design studio in Cincinnati, Ohio. She sold her business to pursue writing full time. Beth lives in Newport, Kentucky with her husband and two very smart cats, in a beautiful historic home that she completely renovated.

Cincinnati, OH Barnes & Noble, January 12
Hudson, OH Learned Owl/Hudson Library, January 13
Dallas, TX St. Andrew United Methodist Church, January 14
Coral Gables, FL Books & Books, January 19
Vero Beach, FL Vero Beach Book Center, January 20
Atlanta, GA Margaret Mitchell House, January 21
Savannah, GA Barnes & Noble, January 22
Lexington, KY University of Kentucky Bookstore, January 25
Dayton, OH Books & Co. January 27
Greenville, SC Book Your Lunch Author Event, February, 19
Fairhope, AL Page & Palette, March 4
Cincinnati, OH Mercantile Library, March 19
Southern Pines, NC The Country Bookshop, April 1
Forest City, NC Fireside Books & Gifts, April 2
Cincinnati, OH 8th Annual Books & Brunch, May 7

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