{"product_id":"miss-dreamsville-and-the-collier-county-womens-literary-society-9781451675238","title":"Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Amy Hill Hearth, \"a rollicking, provocative\" (Ruth Pennebaker, author of \u003ci\u003eWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel about a transplanted wife and mother from Boston who shakes up her new home in Florida during the early 1960s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen she and her family move from Boston to a small, sleepy town in Florida in the early 1960s, Jackie Hart has no idea she is about to turn her new home upside down. Middle-aged and restless, Jackie is determined to find some excitement in her new town by accepting an opportunity to host a local radio show where she creates a mysterious, late-night persona, \"Miss Dreamsville.\" She also launches a reading group--the Collier County Women's Literary Society--sending the conservative and racially segregated town into uproar. The only townspeople who venture to join are regarded as outsiders at best--a young gay man, a divorced woman, a poet, and a young black woman who dreams of going to college. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvocative, moving, and inspired by a real person, \u003ci\u003eMiss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society \u003c\/i\u003ewill touch the heart of anyone and everyone who has ever felt like an outsider longing to fit in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Hill Hearth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.42w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451675238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2012 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2012 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHearth, Amy Hill:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Amy Hill Hearth is the author of \u003ci\u003eMiss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County\u003c\/i\u003e, in addition to author or coauthor of seven nonfiction books, including \u003ci\u003eHaving Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller-turned-Broadway-play. Hearth, a former writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, began her career as a reporter at a small daily newspaper in Florida, where she met her future husband, Blair (a Collier County native). She is a graduate of the University of Tampa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45026758099059,"sku":"9781451675238","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2469e558-61de-4e2a-a2f7-60241de13622.jpg?v=1779469394","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/miss-dreamsville-and-the-collier-county-womens-literary-society-9781451675238","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}