The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society
Book - 2005
The women of a small towns bird watching society secretly plan to eliminate the husband of one of their members in this new novela modern spin on the classic film Arsenicand Old Lacewritten by the beloved author of Sophie and the Rising Sun.In a story replete with coconut cake, grits, and poisoned turtle stew, its easy to see why Augusta Trobaugh has been heralded as having a voice from and for the South, as complex and resonant as the region itself(Anne Rivers Siddons). With her latest novel, Trobaugh displays that distinctly Southern charm and beckons new readers to her work.Founding members of the Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society in tiny Tea-Olive, Georgia, are Beulah, Sweet, Wildwood, and Zion, each named after a hymn. Pillars of the community, seemingly beyond reproach, two of these ladies are nonetheless conspiring to murder retired Judge L. Hyson Breed, a newcomer to Tea-Olive. It all begins when the judge tricks Sweet into marriage, steals her land for a development project, and sweet- talks his way right onto the town council. By the time Beulah and Zion discover his evil plansand realize that Sweet has endured personal harm, with more to comethe judge is already a permanent fixture in town. Or is he? When Beulah and Zion attempt to do away with the judgewhile always remaining unfailingly politethe novel takes a wild turn. The result is a delightful black comedy from a novelist at the peak of her powers.
Publisher:
New York : Penguin Group, 2005.
ISBN:
9780525948797
0525948791
0525948791
Call Number:
FICTION TROBA
Characteristics:
p. ; cm.
Subjects:
Women -- Societies and clubs -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Bird watchers -- Fiction.
Older women -- Fiction.
Revenge -- Fiction.
Judges -- Fiction.
Georgia -- Fiction.
Southern writing.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Bird watchers -- Fiction.
Older women -- Fiction.
Revenge -- Fiction.
Judges -- Fiction.
Georgia -- Fiction.
Southern writing.



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