SAVANNAH BLUES

Here’s a book you can’t wait to press on your friends, especially if they need cheering up. Delicious characters frolic through dreadful circumstances, keeping the chocolate and the lipstick handy. Susan Ericksen is sublime. She drawls, slurs, mopes, groans, and thrills to the narrative. The book springs to life through her expert interpretations of even the minor characters. Many of our favorite interests are rolled into one book: delicious food, antique-hunting, swell clothes, and handsome men for beautiful protagonists. Weezie Foley has to contend with her divorce, her mother’s drinking, her new boyfriend, and a murder charge . . . all while BeBe, her best friend, is egging her on to more outrageous adventures. Ericksen’s narration certainly will cure the blues. B.H.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 07]