Sweet Vidalia

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Praise for the novels of Lisa Sandlin: "[Lisa] Sandlin blends pathos, humor, and poetic prose in a strong debut."—Kirkus Reviews "[W]hat makes this crime novel soar is the humanity and humility of its main characters. It is by turns exciting, tender, suspenseful, observant, and gently funny."—Publishers Weekly "Sandlin knows the craft, no question. Her writing is finely cultivated; we can feel we intimately know her characters." —The Durango Telegraph “With her keen understanding of the human heart and a gift for laying it bare on the page, Lisa Sandlin has given us a beautiful story of what it takes to re-build a ruined life from the ground up. Readers will grieve with Eliza Kratke at the shocking upheaval in her marriage. They’ll rejoice at her spirit. When they finish the book, they’ll miss her. I certainly did.”  —Elizabeth Crook, author of The Madstone “Poignant and uplifting, Sweet Vidalia is a beautifully written tribute to the courage of a woman wounded by life who, through steadfast determination, reclaims her self-esteem, and the joy of living.” —Kathleen Kent, bestselling author of Black Wolf and The Heretic’s Daughter “Sweet Vidalia the odyssey of a woman forced to rebuild her entire world. . . . Eliza's warmhearted matter-of-factness is her salvation, and her decision to care less about trust and more about humane survival and keeping her spirit uncorroded is doubly refreshing. Sandlin has written a page-turner of an unapologetically female adventure.”—Katherine Vaz, author of Above the Salt “Lisa Sandlin’s Sweet Vidalia does what the very best books do.  Eliza Kratke shows us with her courageous, steady enterprise how to brave life’s blows and start again, and again, every day. She is a heroine of the first order and I wish she lived next door.”—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of The Summer We Started Over Expand reviews