The delightful New York Times
bestselling author returns with a hilarious novel about one
woman's quest to redo an old house . . . and her life.
After her boss in a high-powered Washington
public relations firm is caught in a political scandal,
fledgling lobbyist Dempsey Jo Killebrew is left almost broke,
unemployed, and homeless. Out of options, she reluctantly
accepts her father's offer to help refurbish Birdsong, the old
family place he recently inherited in Guthrie, Georgia. All it
will take, he tells her, is a little paint and some TLC to turn
the fading Victorian mansion into a real-estate cash cow.
But, oh, is Dempsey in for a surprise when she
arrives in Guthrie. "Bird Droppings" would more aptly describe
the moldering Pepto Bismol–pink dump with duct-taped windows and
a driveway full of junk. There's also a murderously grumpy old
lady, one of Dempsey's distant relations, who has claimed
squatter's rights and isn't moving out. Ever.
Furthermore, everyone in Guthrie seems to know
Dempsey's business, from a smooth-talking real-estate agent to a
cute lawyer who owns the local newspaper. It wouldn't be so bad
if it weren't for the pesky FBI agents who show up on Dempsey's
doorstep, hoping to pry information about her ex-boss from her.
All Dempsey can do is roll up her sleeves and
get to work. And before long, what started as a job of necessity
somehow becomes a labor of love and, ultimately, a journey that
takes her to a place she never expected—back home again.
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