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Miss Julia to the Rescue (Miss Julia #13)
by
Ann B. Ross
Can Miss Julia spring J. D. Pickens from a sheriff's clutches and investigate a cult-plus keep up appearances as a proper Southern lady?
Miss Julia simply can't abide sitting idle. With young Lloyd moving out and husband Sam off to the Holy Land for two weeks, Miss Julia's feeling restless already. Maybe it's time for that overdue home makeover.
But before she can even pi
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Published
April 3rd 2012
by Viking Adult
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Proper Southern matron meets modern religious practices in Ann Ross’ thirteenth entry in the Miss Julia series based in Abbotsville, North Carolina. This is one series that has changed and grown over the years. A quick synopsis for those who haven’t followed the series: Miss Julia started off the series as a recent widow who discovered that her now-deceased husband had a child (Lloyd) by a mistress (Hazel Marie). We have followed Miss Julia as she accepted Hazel Marie and Lloyd and took the two...more
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I do love the gentleness but proactive journey that each novel in this marvelous series takes me on. This time Miss Julia has to rescue men from dangerous situations.
A strange telephone call comes to Miss Julia, it is from J.D. Pickens and he sounds like he is in dire trouble. As Sam is off visiting the Holy Lands, it is up to Miss Julia and her beloved family/friends to come to J.D.'s aid. He is somewhere in West Virginia and may be hurt...that is if he is the "John Doe" named. Etta Mae Wiggins...more
A strange telephone call comes to Miss Julia, it is from J.D. Pickens and he sounds like he is in dire trouble. As Sam is off visiting the Holy Lands, it is up to Miss Julia and her beloved family/friends to come to J.D.'s aid. He is somewhere in West Virginia and may be hurt...that is if he is the "John Doe" named. Etta Mae Wiggins...more
Mr. Pickens, on another dangerous case, has stumbled upon a nasty group and gotten hurt in the process. Left stripped of all identification and out of his mind with pain, he's being held by the local sheriff under suspicion of involvement in illegal activities. Luckily for him, Miss Julia has an abundance of time on her hands now that Sam is on a trip to the Holy Land and "little" Lloyd is preparing to move out. Dropping her spur-of-the-moment redecorating plans, she rushes to the rescue, along...more
I do love Miss Julia. In this installment, Sam takes a trip to the Holy Land and while he's gone, Miss Julia decides to remodel their house. (Sam's house is now the Pickens' residence.) While all that is going on--and you can imagine how well Miss Julia handles the upheaval of construction in her house--she and Etta Mae are called to West Virginia to rescue Mr Pickens from trouble. In WV, they encounter unhelpful law enforcement agents and snake handlers, and their rescue of Mr Pickens from the...more
The Miss Julia books all follow the same pattern, giving the books a familiar feel, like visiting with old friends or slipping into an old shirt. Sometimes that genial familiarity coupled with gentle southern humor is just what I'm in the mood for. Miss Julia herself is a stock Southern character with a twist--she's the feisty older woman whose appearance and upbringing hide an adventurous spirit who may be old-fashioned but is willing to change her view when she gets to know people who are diff...more
Boy, is that Miss Julia bossy! Her encounters with a small town sheriff and some alternate church members covered in piercings and tattoos are going to really blow her mind.
Add a major remodel of the house and her husband Sam travelling to the Holy Land with a church group and she's got her hands full. Good thing she has a great support system - and a housekeeper!! Sometimes I forget that she's probably in her 70s. She has a lot of spunk and energy.
I think I read the first of these books years...more
Add a major remodel of the house and her husband Sam travelling to the Holy Land with a church group and she's got her hands full. Good thing she has a great support system - and a housekeeper!! Sometimes I forget that she's probably in her 70s. She has a lot of spunk and energy.
I think I read the first of these books years...more
Oh, come on now, Ann Ross, did you really need to rely on West Virginia stereotypes to create this latest Miss Julia escapade? Granted, there is an element of hillbilly culture in this state, but I think you will find that in most of the Appalachian states, including yours...
You do us an injustice with your one-sided portrayal of West Virginia and her people.
Having said that, Miss Julia is true to form in this most recent story - barging into all kinds of situations with little regard for her ow...more
You do us an injustice with your one-sided portrayal of West Virginia and her people.
Having said that, Miss Julia is true to form in this most recent story - barging into all kinds of situations with little regard for her ow...more
Miss Julia simply can't abide sitting idle. With young Lloyd moving out and husband Sam off to the Holy Land for 2 weeks, Miss Julia's feeling restless already. Maybe, she decides, its time for that long-delayed home makeover.
But before she can even pick a color swatch, Miss Julia must race to the rescue of Hazel Marie's new jusband. J.D. Picnens has gone missing on his latest private investigation.
Hazel Marie can't go after him since she has the 5 month old twins to take care of, so Miss Julia...more
But before she can even pick a color swatch, Miss Julia must race to the rescue of Hazel Marie's new jusband. J.D. Picnens has gone missing on his latest private investigation.
Hazel Marie can't go after him since she has the 5 month old twins to take care of, so Miss Julia...more
I just read the last book in the Miss Julia series. I love the series but this was not the best I've read. HOWEVER, one day my great-great grandchildren will wonder how we lived and talked and thought in little old Ayden, NC. Well, chile, this book and all of the Miss Julia series capture perfectly how Southern is done in Pitt County, North Carolina. Ann Ross must have had a bug put in my grandma's house and in my church!! Its a hoot how well Ross captures small town sayings and turns of phrase....more
First I have to say that I absolutely love Miss Julia novels. Miss Julia is just hilarious and I find myself frequently laughing out loud. That being said, this was one of my least favorites. I kept waiting for the climax, something big to happen and the conflicts to come to a head. The thing with Mr. Pickens was anti-climatic after all the trouble Etta Mae and Miss Julia went to to get him out. The story line with Adam had promise, but seemed to quickly end. We didn't even really find out what...more
With Miss Julia's husband, Sam, away on a trip to the Holy Land, it falls to Miss Julia & Etta Mae to rescue J. D. Pickens when he disappears on a case--at the same time a mysterious John Doe turns up in a West Virginia hospital. Not only does she have that chore to worry about, but she's also trying to do some remodeling in her house, and becomes interested in a young carpenter of a religious bent. Then she tangles with an imperious heiress who has returned to the area with a new religious...more
From a possible cult on the outskirts of Abbotsville to Miss Julia's stint as one of the buddies in a buddy road trip, Miss Julia to the Rescue was a fun read in what has been become a very long series. With JD missing and Hazel Marie unable to go after him because of the twins, who but Miss Julia (riding shotgun for Etta Mae) would be the one to head to his rescue? It's been amazing to follow Miss Julia's growth, in particular her love for her deceased husband's son, Lloyd. The same woman who w...more
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I really enjoy the Miss Julia series. I like Miss Julia's " old fashioned" values. while she is somewhat conservative, she is truly accepting of others. She loves her dead husbands' son and mistress and helps people in need. In the latest in the series, Miss Julia and Etta Mae rescue Hazel Marie's husband from the clutches of an " evil sheriff"There is also religious intrigue in southern Abbottsville when religious a cult moves into town .
Such a fun series! I look forward to reading each and eve...more
Such a fun series! I look forward to reading each and eve...more
This is a later book in a series, and a reader should begin with Miss Julia #1. As usual, Miss Julia, who claims to be a prim and proper southern Presbyterian, ends up on an adventure that is on the edge of breaking the law. She claims that she doesn't put her nose into others' business but ends up trying to rescue a private eye in one place and a young man in another. Under a decorous exterior beats a warm, sympathetic heart. This book was fun to read, and that is often what one needs from a bo...more
With Miss Julia's husband away on a trip to the Holy Land, it falls to Miss Julia herself to rescue J. D. Pickens when he disappears on a case--at the same time a mysterious John Doe turns up in a West Virginia hospital. Not only does she have that chore to worry about, but she's also trying to do some remodeling in her house, and becomes interested in a young carpenter of a religious bent. Then she tangles with an imperious heiress who has returned to the area with a new religious group.
I love Miss Julia and her spunky attitude about the things that are so different from what she is used to. I laughed throughout the book. I have read the whole series and loved it but found that this particular book just ran out of steam at the end. The ending felt rushed and wasn't very satisfying. I kept looking for another chapter to finish the book but it wasn't there. The whole traipsing across the property at the end was silly and didn't really help explain what had been alluded to before....more
I really like the Miss Julia books and look forward to reading each of them. This one has Sam off on a tour of the Holy Land, so Julia decides to redecorate several rooms of the house. Hazel Marie and the twins live in Sam's house now and Lloyd will join them there after the end of the school year. Her mysteries this time include finding Mr. Pickens, dealing with a cult at the edge of town, and saving her carpenter from the clutches of the cult.
I love the Miss Julia books. I have read them all. This one is like all the rest, but I feel comfortable with the character, and it is like visiting an old friend. This book has snake handling and tattooing and body piercing in it which adds to the interest. It also has an hilarious scene where Miss julia and Etta Mae put on a kidnapping from a hospital. If you have not read the series, I would recommend starting with book 1.
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One of the funniest Miss Julia books in the series, I enjoyed this story. Miss Julia and Etta Mae attempt to rescue JD Pickens from a back woods hospital in West Virginia. Sam is off on a tour of the Holy Land leaving Julia to redecorate some of the house to give him an office where he can write his long anticipated book on the county's history.
I'm addicted to Miss Julia and her escapades. How you can get in trouble in a small south carolina town at her age is always delightful. Her wit and observations about small town hypocrasy and the Southern lady viewpoint always cracks me up. Like a fav soap opera these can be skipped every other book and you can still stay on track.
I've only read the first in this series and then, this one, the last, so I do see a somewhat different style here in Miss Julia herself. She's at once mellower and less tolerant. I do love that this book isn't afraid to be less than politically correct; she doesn't like either end of the religious spectrum!
Miss Julia rocks! In one novel our heroine (an elderly, lovable prude who has definite opinions on everything from premarital sex to seating charts at dinner) has to deal with finding a lost husband, avoiding snake handling religious fanatics and crazies that seek God through severe body modification. Hysterical!
Miss Julia is back, sassy yet proper, caring and careening from one errand of mercy to the next. Miss Julia to the Rescue is a fun read, and brings the character back to what I remember from the first book in the series. I also love that Etta Mae is again involved, as well as many of the supporting characters readers of the series are familiar with. But it's Miss Julia who really shines in this book, and that's just what this fan of the series hoped for.
I really enjoyed "Miss Julia to the Rescue". She gets herself into some silly situations. Miss Julia was able to rescue two people and has come to some interesting conclusions and all before her husband gets back home from his trip. And in between all this she is having her house remodeled and trying to come to terms with the thought of "little" Lloyd leaving her home.
This is the funniest of the Miss Julia books so far! Miss Julia and Etta Mae Wiggins travel to a small town in West Virginia to rescue J.D. Pickens, who is being held captive in a hospital there by the local sheriff. The story of how they get him out of the hospital and back home is hilarious!
I enjoy this series, some more than others. This reminded me of the punch of the earlier books and was a lot of fun. Husband Sam, a fairly peripheral character at best, is away on a Holy Land trip that allows Miss Julia to do the fun meddling that makes her such fun. A fun summer time read.
"Rescue" is the newest title in the delightful "Miss Julia" series. This book, as well as the other titles in the series, provides lots of fun and laughs from the exploits of Miss Julia, her family and friends. Each time that I read one of these books, I think of the "I Love Lucy" tv series.
I wish I had read the other books in the series first. I felt like I was missing out on a lot of the story, like everyone else were old friends and I was the newcomer.
She sure does talk alot about bathroom breaks.
The storyline was good, but the ending could have used filling out.
She sure does talk alot about bathroom breaks.
The storyline was good, but the ending could have used filling out.
Not my favorite Miss Julia book but as another reader mentioned there is a nice familiarity to her books. When I'm done with a heavy read I enjoy turning to Miss Julia.
This was not one of the laugh out loud ones but still enjoyable.
This was not one of the laugh out loud ones but still enjoyable.
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Ann B. Ross, who taught literature at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, is the author of Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind, one of the most popular Southern debut novels in years, Miss Julia Takes Over, Miss Julia Throws a Wedding, and Miss Julia Hits the Road. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
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