Miss Julia Hits the Road (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Ross, Ann B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786254971 ISBN 13: 9780786254972

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Despite her increasing concerns at the exploits marking her boyfriend's mid-life crisis, sharp-tongued southerner Miss Julia launches a fund-raiser to save her housekeeper's home from being lost to the schemes of a greedy landlord.

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Review:

"Ann B. Ross and Miss Julia are fast becoming Southern classics. Readers eager for entertainment should tuck in their skirts, strap on a helmet and hit the road with them."

aIt is impossible not to like irrepressible, perfectly proper Miss Julia.... [Fans] will agree that "Miss Julia Hits the Road" hits nary a bump with its ingenuity, great good humor and pleasing, light touch.a ("The Roanoke Times") aAnn B. Ross and Miss Julia are fast becoming Southern classics. Readers eager for entertainment should tuck in their skirts, strap on a helmet and hit the road with them.a ("Winston-Salem Journal")

?It is impossible not to like irrepressible, perfectly proper Miss Julia.... [Fans] will agree that "Miss Julia Hits the Road" hits nary a bump with its ingenuity, great good humor and pleasing, light touch.? ("The Roanoke Times") Ann B. Ross and Miss Julia are fast becoming Southern classics. Readers eager for entertainment should tuck in their skirts, strap on a helmet and hit the road with them.? ("Winston-Salem Journal")

It is impossible not to like irrepressible, perfectly proper Miss Julia.... [Fans] will agree that Miss Julia Hits the Road hits nary a bump with its ingenuity, great good humor and pleasing, light touch. The Roanoke Times

Praise for Ann B. Ross and the Miss Julia series:

"Ross has a gift for elevating such everyday matters as marital strife and the hazards of middle age to high comedy, while painting her beautifully drawn characters with wit and sympathy."
-Publishers Weekly

A charming, fun adventure with new relatives, old secrets and a will putting Miss Julia and the Abbotsville regulars in a true Southern mess. I loved it! Duffy Brown, bestselling author of the Consignment Shop Mysteries
"Ann B. Ross develops characters so expertly, through quirks, names, and mannerisms, that they easily feel familiar as the reader is gently immersed into the world Miss Ross has created. . . . A delightful read." Winston-Salem Journal
"Miss Julia is one of the most delightful characters to come along in years. Ann B. Ross has created what is sure to become a classic Southern comic novel. Hooray for Miss Julia, I could not have liked it more." Fannie Flagg, author ofThe All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
"Yes, Miss Julia is back, and I, for one, am one happy camper." J. A. Jance, author ofCold Betrayal

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"It is impossible not to like irrepressible, perfectly proper Miss Julia.... [Fans] will agree that Miss Julia Hits the Road hits nary a bump with its ingenuity, great good humor and pleasing, light touch." --The Roanoke Times

Praise for Ann B. Ross and the Miss Julia series:

"Ross has a gift for elevating such everyday matters as marital strife and the hazards of middle age to high comedy, while painting her beautifully drawn characters with wit and sympathy."
-Publishers Weekly

"A charming, fun adventure with new relatives, old secrets and a will putting Miss Julia and the Abbotsville regulars in a true Southern mess. I loved it!" --Duffy Brown, bestselling author of the Consignment Shop Mysteries

"Ann B. Ross develops characters so expertly, through quirks, names, and mannerisms, that they easily feel familiar as the reader is gently immersed into the world Miss Ross has created. . . . A delightful read." --Winston-Salem Journal

"Miss Julia is one of the most delightful characters to come along in years. Ann B. Ross has created what is sure to become a classic Southern comic novel. Hooray for Miss Julia, I could not have liked it more." --Fannie Flagg, author of The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion

"Yes, Miss Julia is back, and I, for one, am one happy camper." --J. A. Jance, author of Cold Betrayal

About the Author:

Ann B. Ross is the author of eighteen novels featuring the popular Southern heroine Miss Julia, as well as Etta Mae's Worst Bad-Luck Day, a novel about one of Abbotsville's other most outspoken residents: Etta Mae Wiggins. Ross holds a doctorate in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has taught literature at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0786254971
• ISBN 13: 9780786254972
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 466