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Backwater, Florida
What happens when floating begins to feel like drowning?
For 30 years Becca Sue has floated along on a sea of low expectations. But when the latest chaotic wave carried her to a strange new place, floating began to feel more like drowning. She had to get out of her hometown of Piney, Georgia and her ex-husband's wealthy family made that possible. She asked no questions, just drove through the night to wake up in paradise. Or so she thought. Then she met her neighbors. Her mad neighbors, who blamed her developer ex-husband for abandoning their ritzy subdivision when the economy collapsed. Becca Sue meets their demands by falling back on old behaviors that don't help anyone. And then, her ex's kids get dumped on her for the summer.
So, just give up and drown? Learn to swim (laughable)? Or try to stand up? But what if there’s no ground beneath her?
And isn’t there always another wave coming?
For 30 years Becca Sue has floated along on a sea of low expectations. But when the latest chaotic wave carried her to a strange new place, floating began to feel more like drowning. She had to get out of her hometown of Piney, Georgia and her ex-husband's wealthy family made that possible. She asked no questions, just drove through the night to wake up in paradise. Or so she thought. Then she met her neighbors. Her mad neighbors, who blamed her developer ex-husband for abandoning their ritzy subdivision when the economy collapsed. Becca Sue meets their demands by falling back on old behaviors that don't help anyone. And then, her ex's kids get dumped on her for the summer.
So, just give up and drown? Learn to swim (laughable)? Or try to stand up? But what if there’s no ground beneath her?
And isn’t there always another wave coming?
265 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 28, 2017
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38 people want to read
About the author
Kay Dew Shostak
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“A new voice in Southern Fiction” is how a recent reviewer labels Kay Dew Shostak’s debut novel, "Next Stop, Chancey".
After being raised in a small-town in Tennessee, Kay lived around the country in a variety of settings. Taking a look at the familiar and loved from new perspectives led Kay to see, and then write about, the absurd, the beautiful, and the funny in her South.
After publishing several stories in compilation books and spending a few years in journalism, Kay wandered into writing fiction and found it hard to leave. She currently is working on the fourth book in the Chancey series and living in Fernandina Beach, Florida with her husband.
“A new voice in Southern Fiction” is how a recent reviewer labels Kay Dew Shostak’s debut novel, "Next Stop, Chancey".
After being raised in a small-town in Tennessee, Kay lived around the country in a variety of settings. Taking a look at the familiar and loved from new perspectives led Kay to see, and then write about, the absurd, the beautiful, and the funny in her South.
After publishing several stories in compilation books and spending a few years in journalism, Kay wandered into writing fiction and found it hard to leave. She currently is working on the fourth book in the Chancey series and living in Fernandina Beach, Florida with her husband.
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June 20, 2017
What a wonderful first read from author Kay Dew Shostak. I had the privilege to meet the author before reading the book. It reads just like she talks!
In the book, we follow the growing up of Becca Sue. You find yourself yelling at her to listen to her gut, while also cheering when she makes what seems to be a movement towards her best interest. To see a neighborhood come together trying to assist her is interesting. Do they have her best interests at heart, or are they hoping for this vision they expected out of their homes?
I read this in two days, because I had to force myself to go to bed.
Most enjoyable.
In the book, we follow the growing up of Becca Sue. You find yourself yelling at her to listen to her gut, while also cheering when she makes what seems to be a movement towards her best interest. To see a neighborhood come together trying to assist her is interesting. Do they have her best interests at heart, or are they hoping for this vision they expected out of their homes?
I read this in two days, because I had to force myself to go to bed.
Most enjoyable.
November 25, 2018
I fell in love with Backwater, Florida! Becca Sue and Ashleigh come across as possible friends of mine. The residents of the development were unlikely nurturers and somehow they worked well in that role. Although the couple of rascals thrown in the mix kept life unpredictable.
I heartily recommend everyone to read Backwater, Florida soon.
I heartily recommend everyone to read Backwater, Florida soon.
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