false 1141902 3 <p> The beloved bestselling author of <i>Crazy Ladies</i> returns with a funny and poignant tale that explores the complex bonds between a daughter and her father. </p> <p> Reeling from the loss of her mother, plagued with a bad case of writer's block (and don't even talk about that extra twenty pounds), Renata DeChavannes feels as though everything is just plain wrong. And that was before the tabloids caught her sweetheart, filmmaker Ferg Lauderdale, sharing an intimate squeeze with Hollywood's hottest young tamale. </p> <p> But the granddaughter of the formidable Honora DeChavannes possesses more hell than belle in her backbone&#8212;and she's about to reclaim it. Heading south to Honora's home on the Gulf Coast, Renata is determined to stop feeling like a wilted gardenia and emerge as the unstoppable kudzu her beloved grandmother proudly proclaimed she would be: "I'll just tell you, Sherman may have burned the South, but kudzu will engulf it." But for that to happen Renata's got to face some not-so-genteel ghosts from her past, discover the truth about the mother she desperately misses, and make peace with the first man who abandoned her and broke her heart&#8212;her handsome and distant father. </p> 1683704 book 1 1 2008 Mermaids in the Basement total:367|5:51|4:97|3:140|2:63|1:16| 367 1205 685 127 5 16 false false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 15 18:02:17 -0800 2008 Wed May 14 15:57:57 -0700 2008 5 15 false false Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 16:27:11 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 19:16:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 15 false false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 20:43:35 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 21:17:57 -0700 2008
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