{"product_id":"saving-ceecee-honeycutt-9780143118572","title":"Saving Ceecee Honeycutt","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteel Magnolias\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Help\u003c\/i\u003e in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Southern debut novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her mother, Camille, the town's tiara-wearing, lipstick-smeared laughingstock, a woman who is trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen of Georgia. When tragedy strikes, Tootie Caldwell, CeeCee's long-lost great-aunt, comes to the rescue and whisks her away to Savannah. There, CeeCee is catapulted into a perfumed world of prosperity and Southern eccentricity--one that appears to be run entirely by strong, wacky women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the exotic Miz Thelma Rae Goodpepper, who bathes in her backyard bathtub and uses garden slugs as her secret weapons; to Tootie's all-knowing housekeeper, Oletta Jones; to Violene Hobbs, who entertains a local police officer in her canary-yellow peignoir, the women of Gaston Street keep CeeCee entertained and enthralled for an entire summer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A timeless coming of age novel set in the 1960s, \u003ci\u003eSaving CeeCee Honeycutt\u003c\/i\u003e explores the indomitable strengths of female friendship, and charts the journey of an unforgettable girl who loses one mother, but finds many others in the storybook city of Savannah. As Kristin Hannah, author of \u003ci\u003eFly Away\u003c\/i\u003e, says, Beth Hoffman's sparkling debut is \"packed full of Southern charm, strong women, wacky humor, and good old-fashioned heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143118572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e150903 \/ Saving Ceecee Honeycutt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beth Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181246967989,"sku":"9780143118572","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7110091c-6f5d-4f33-a2a7-800c9c88d315.jpg?v=1768922325","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/saving-ceecee-honeycutt-9780143118572","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}