The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society

The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society

"Delightful." BOOKLIST<br /><br /><br />"Readers will laugh at the antics of steel magnolia vigilante justice as the tea-toting, bible-quoting ladies fumble and bumble in their endeavor to protect their cohort and town . . . . the classic good rural vs. evil-urban premise makes for a fine, polite (sort of like a southern contemporary Arsenic and Old Lace) . . . tale." - Harriet Klausner Book Reviews <br /><br />Coconut cake, grits, poisoned turtle stew and bird-watching . . . the ladies of tiny Tea-Olive, Georgia share a lot of interests, including murder.<br /><br />Retired judge L. Hyson Breed, a Yankee, picked the wrong Southern woman to trick, bully and steal from. The members of the Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society plot revenge after the judge's marriage to their friend, Sweet, turns out to be a greedy grab for her land and for control of their town. To the rescue: Beulah, Zion and Wildwood (all named after hymns, as is Sweet). The only problem? The wannabe murderers are southern matrons from a more civilized generation. How does one remain polite even while planning to kill a man and get away with it?<br /> <br />Augusta Trobaugh is the acclaimed author of these southern novels <br />also from Bell Bridge Books<br /> SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN <br />MUSIC FROM BEYOND THE MOON<br />RIVER JORDAN<br />RESTING IN THE BOSOM OF THE LAMB<br />SWAN PLACE<br />PRAISE JERUSALEM!