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Beth Hoffman, author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Start: 11/03/2010 7:00 pm

Beth Hoffman's bestseller Saving CeeCee Honeycutt is out in paperback now, and that's great news for book clubs! At the heart of Hoffman's novel is twelve-year-old CeeCee who has been shouldering the burden of caring for her psychologically troubled mother, Camille, for much of her young life. It's 1967 and they live in Ohio, but Camille is certain that it's 1951 and she's just been crowned the Vidalia Onion Queen of Georgia. The day CeeCee discovers her mother in the front yard wearing a tattered prom dress, she knows her mother has completely flipped. When Camille meets a tragic end, it brings CeeCee's Great Aunt Tootie into her life. CeeCee is whisked away to Savannah Georgia, a world of perfumed prosperty and Southern eccentricity. She's fascinated by the denizens of her new world and thrives on her new friendships, particularly with her aunt's cook, Oletta. Before CeeCee can bloom into a Georgia peach, she must face the fact that her mother's legacy isn't easy to escape.