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A debut novelist casts a satirical eye at southern society while celebrating the power of great teachers in this award-winning comedy of manners.
As an English teacher at an elite private school in Mountain Brook, Alabama, Norman Laney is as unorthodox as he is morbidly obese. A natural wonder from the blue-collar South, Laney has barged into the exclusive world of Mountain Brook with a mission to defeat "the barbarians," introduce true civilization...
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A newlywed woman's return to Southern society begins an epic and hilarious journey of self-discovery in this satirical novel.
Katherine Clark's The Harvard Bride begins with the wedding of Daniel Dobbs and Caroline Elmore, college sweethearts introduced in Clark's novel, All the Governor's Men. In this wry comedy of manners, their new life-complete with freshly minted Ivy League educations- begins in the "Tiny Kingdom" of Mountain Brook, Alabama.
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