Title: A Peach of A Pair
Date Published: August 4, 2015
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Palmetto Moon inspired The Huffington Post to rave, “It is always nice to discover a new talented author and Kim Boykin is quite a find.” Now, she delivers a novel of a woman picking up the pieces of her life with the help of two spirited, elderly sisters in South Carolina.
March, 1953. Nettie Gilbert has cherished her time studying to be a music teacher at Columbia College in South Carolina, but as graduation approaches, she can’t wait to return to her family—and her childhood sweetheart, Brooks—in Alabama. But just days before her senior recital, she gets a letter from her mama telling her that Brooks is getting married . . . to her own sister.
Devastated, Nettie drops out of school and takes a job as live-in help for two old-maid sisters, Emily and Lurleen Eldridge. Emily is fiercely protective of the ailing Lurleen, but their sisterhood has weathered many storms. And as Nettie learns more about their lives on a trip to see a faith healer halfway across the country, she’ll discover that love and forgiveness will one day lead her home . . .
I have a sister, and we have had our fair share of fights. At one point in our relationship she did something that caused me not to speak to her for a few years. I saw the synopsis of this book and knew that I had to read it.
I really enjoyed this book! Being set in the 50's, the author did a fantastic job of taking the reader back in time. And the characters truly came to life. Nettie was someone I truly adored. Having been the 'wronged' sister, I felt what she was going through, while our circumstances were truly different. This book reminded me of The Secret Life of Bees and How to Make An American Quilt in the story telling and characterization. Truly a beautiful book and one I would recommend.
Kim Boykin
was raised in her South Carolina
home with two girly sisters and great parents. She had a happy, boring
childhood, which sucks if you’re a writer because you have to create your own
crazy. PLUS after you’re published and you’re being interviewed, it’s very
appealing when the author actually lived in Crazy Town
or somewhere in the general vicinity.
Almost
everything she learned about writing, she learned from her grandpa, an oral
storyteller, who was a master teacher of pacing and sensory detail. He held
court under an old mimosa tree on the family farm, and people used to come from
all around to hear him tell stories about growing up in rural Georgia and
share his unique take on the world.
As a
stay-at-home mom, Kim started writing, grabbing snip-its of time in the car
rider line or on the bleachers at swim practice. After her kids left the nest,
she started submitting her work, sold her first novel at 53, and has been
writing like crazy ever since.
Thanks to the
lessons she learned under that mimosa tree, her books are well reviewed and,
according to RT Book Reviews, feel like they’re being told across a kitchen
table. She is the author of A Peach of a Pair, Palmetto Moon and The
Wisdom of Hair from Berkley/NAL/Penguin; Flirting with Forever, She’s
the One, Just in Time for Christmas, Steal Me, Cowboy and Sweet Home
Carolina from Tule. While her heart is always in the Lowcountry of South
Carolina, she lives in Charlotte
and has a heart for hairstylist, librarians, and book junkies like herself.
Her
latest book is the southern women’s fiction, A Peach of a Pair.
For
More Information
- Visit Kim Boykin’s website.
- Connect with Kim on Facebook and Twitter.
- Find out more about Kim at
Goodreads.
- Contact Kim.
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