Set in the 1960s in a small town with typical small town gossip Posey Jarvis always thought she was a cut above everyone else. Avoiding her husband at all costs, the long suffering Vern, Posey lived in a fantasy world of meeting CJ her former lover and father of her daughter and riding into the sunset with him. She stalked CJ and was determined that she would achieve her dream.
Everything else was secondary, and when she inherited her Aunt Milbrays house, along with a secret stash of money, she was determined to be the Empress of the town. Hosting a reunion was one way to boast of her talents and good taste. That her daughter was unhappy with her almost forced engagement and Vern having a love affair was nothing to Posey.
The characters were varied - you could loathe all of them, even Vern for his lack of determination, despite being a loving father and husband, Posey who was hard and a devil to live with, thinking her drinking was a secret, and Callie Ann who had to try very hard to decide on how her life should go.
This typifies life in the 1960s and was an interesting read in retrospect though I’d hate to live that life now!
Sent by HarperMuse for an unbiased review, courtesy of Netgalley.
I'd love to inherit a house and a secret stash of money. ;D
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