Haywood Smith fanes will remember Linwood Breedlove Scott from Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch (2003). Ten years after the disastrous end to her marriage, Lin has hit rock-bottom yet again. Lin is now 60 years old and moving back to her mama's house in Mimosa Branch. Her greedy ex-husband has been living on high on the hog on Lin's money with his stripper girlfriend, far away from the long arm of the law. Lin has been working as a successful real estate agent, but now that the market has dried up she has lost both her house and her livelihood. Her father, the general, and his brother are in a nursing home suffering from dementia, her brother Tommy is a recovered alcoholic who finds himself running for mayor, and 90-year-old Mamie, Lin's mother, is trying desperately to hang on to her family home and pay for her husband's medical needs. When Lin sells the house next door to Connor Allen, the new Baptist preacher in town, she ends up with both a commission and the
potential for a new romance.
Queen Bee Goes Home Again will make you laugh and cry. There's something about a 60-year-old woman with guts, determination, and incredible love for family that makes this a winner. It's not highbrow literature, but it will touch your heart, proving that you CAN go home again.
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