May+2013

__Saving CeeCee Honeycutt__ by Beth Hoffman May 29, 2013 Host- Mary Clark 9417 White Carriage Dr. Wake Forest

Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille-the tiara-toting, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town-a woman trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen. But when Camille is hit by a truck and killed, CeeCee is left to fend for herself. To the rescue comes her previously unknown great-aunt, Tootie Caldwell. In her vintage Packard convertible, Tootie whisks CeeCee away to Savannah's perfumed world of prosperity and Southern eccentricity, a world that seems to be run entirely by women. From the exotic Miz Thelma Rae Goodpepper, who bathes in her backyard bathtub and uses garden slugs as her secret weapons, to Tootie's all- knowing housekeeper, Oletta Jones, to Violene Hobbs, who entertains a local police officer in her canary-yellow peignoir, the women of Gaston Street keep CeeCee entertained and enthralled for an entire summer. Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply touching, Beth Hoffman's sparkling debut is, as Kristin Hannah says, "packed full of Southern charm, strong women, wacky humor, and good old-fashioned heart." It is a novel that explores the indomitable strengths of female friendship and gives us the story of a young girl who loses one mother and finds many others.

Food:

Mary-- Inspired by Oletta's cooking: > //Do we dare go with the Long Island Ice Teas like Aunt Tootie and her friends? YES!!!!//
 * Creamy Chicken Salad with Walnuts
 * Glazed Lemon Cookies

Colleen: Charleston Cheese dip and Basil Pesto pull apart bread

LVL: Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, and Chocolate Oreo Pie

KY: Frito and corn salad

Raisse: I think my mom is making cinnamon rolls

Kristen B.: chocolate chip cookies

Kristen N: Ritz and Rolos