Lisa Patton
Auteur van Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter
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- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Opleiding
- University of Alabama
- Agent
- Scott Miller, Trident Media Group
- Korte biografie
- LISA PATTON spent over twenty years in the music industry before discovering her passion for novel writing. A breast cancer survivor, Lisa is now the bestselling author of WHISTLIN’ DIXIE IN A NOR’EASTER and YANKEE DOODLE DIXIE. Both novels have been featured on the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Bestseller List and in 2010 Lisa was selected by Target as an Emerging Author. SOUTHERN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE is the third and final book in what Library Journal calls, “the beloved Dixie series.”
Lisa’s fourth novel, RUSH, set inside a fictional sorority house at Ole Miss, provides not only a gaze inside the most exclusive sorority Recruitment in the country, but at the relationships between the sisters and the staff.
Born and raised in Memphis, Lisa spent time as a Vermont innkeeper until three sub-zero winters sent her speeding back down South. Currently at work on her fifth book, Lisa is the proud mother of two sons and a little Havanese pooch named Rosie. She and her husband live in Nashville, Tennessee. To learn more about her, you can visit Lisa’s website at www.lisapatton.com.
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I loved it and will give it a 5 star. This was a different review for me to write though. My daughter lived this book. I know people in real life that could be the characters in the book. Some of them very nice and some not so nice ones that you will meet if you read the book, which I highly recommend.
As to the subject of racism that is covered in the book. Does it exist, sadly yes. Is everyone from the South, Ole Miss or any SEC school racist, ABSOLUTELY NOT. Does racism exist only in the South, of course not.
This book does a great job of showing that most people in the South are many things but racist is not one of them. They are kind, caring, helpful people. That everyone gets along very well on a daily basis. Sadly the national media and many others that do not live in the South don't seem to understand that. As Oprah once said, "you are your zip code" if you don't live there you don't have any idea.
I hope all my friends will read this book, I especially hope all my Ole Miss friends and SEC friends will read this book and I really hope all Moms with daughters that went through sorority RUSH/recruitment or will some day will read it. It should be required reading for all parents, and students that are considering a sorority or fraternity. I hope everyone that just enjoys a great book will read it, as it truly is a great one.… (meer)
As to the subject of racism that is covered in the book. Does it exist, sadly yes. Is everyone from the South, Ole Miss or any SEC school racist, ABSOLUTELY NOT. Does racism exist only in the South, of course not.
This book does a great job of showing that most people in the South are many things but racist is not one of them. They are kind, caring, helpful people. That everyone gets along very well on a daily basis. Sadly the national media and many others that do not live in the South don't seem to understand that. As Oprah once said, "you are your zip code" if you don't live there you don't have any idea.
I hope all my friends will read this book, I especially hope all my Ole Miss friends and SEC friends will read this book and I really hope all Moms with daughters that went through sorority RUSH/recruitment or will some day will read it. It should be required reading for all parents, and students that are considering a sorority or fraternity. I hope everyone that just enjoys a great book will read it, as it truly is a great one.… (meer)
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- 664
- Populariteit
- #37,985
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 49
- ISBNs
- 45
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- 2
Good story. Still glad I never got involved with the sororities at college, just wasn't for me. Spent my time camping & caving instead!