He speaks with a soft r, so when you first meet him you think his name is Wiley. He’s … well, he’s pitiful really, and he can’t help it. I knew she was right, but it’s hard for me to be brutally honest with people, especially guys like Riley. That was her not-so-subtle way of telling me that what I was about to do was a big fat no-no. But just as I was about to open my mouth, my peripheral vision caught a glimpse of Kissie standing in the doorway leading from the dining room to the kitchen with hands firmly planted on her hips, mouth drawn tightly, and her head shaking from side to side. At the very least, it would have taken the onus off me. I tell you what, though, I’ll need to talk to Peter about this and get back with you. I mean, what in the world was I supposed to tell Riley, my agitating next-door neighbor, when he rang my doorbell one October morning and asked if he could work at my brand-new restaurant as Peter’s sous chef? My mind raced in a thousand directions and my initial thought was to say, That is so nice, Riley. Sometimes a little white lie is just the kindest thing. Whether among maple trees in Vermont or magnolia-filled Memphis, Leelee's charm, heart, and laughter will delight readers in any climate. Lisa Patton's Southern as a Second Language is an endearing and chuckle-inducing tale that keeps us guessing up to the very last page how it all works out in the end. Throw her three crazy best friends into the mix Riley, her meddlesome next-door neighbor who sells Pampered Chef for a living and Kissie, Leelee's beloved second mother who claims Riley sits on her "last raw nerve," and you have the perfect recipe for a sassy, Southern delicacy.
When Leelee's ex-husband, Baker, returns unexpectedly, everything else goes haywire.
Opening up a new restaurant with Peter isn't as easy as she had anticipated, especially when it comes to the differences between the North and the South. Now that she's back in Memphis, and starting a new relationship with Peter, the Yankee chef from her New England inn, you'd think she'd sit back and enjoy her newly crafted life back home in Dixie. Watching her tackle life and love in Vermont was only the tip of the iceberg when it came to antics, charades, mischief, and romance. Since she debuted in Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter, Leelee has entertained tens of thousands of readers.
No one realizes that more than Memphis belle Leelee Satterfield. Not only do Southerners talk slowly, but sometimes the whole language is hard to understand.
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