The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose

Have you ever yearned to go back to a kinder, gentler time? Susan Wittig Albert’s “Darling Dahlia” series does just that. Not that all is perfect in their small southern town. The depression is starting to take its toll on the residents of Darling, Alabama and on the rest of the nation as well. Her......more

I really want to like this series but it isn't living up to it's promise. Yet again, the authors state the story rather than showing the reader through storytelling. I don't need to be told the dog sensed Verna was upset and cuddled her; show me the dog cuddling her. Also, the third book in this ser......more

I wanted to like this one, but I just can't get past my absolute and complete exasperation for the romanticizing of the Confederacy. Can we just not anymore? The only character in the book I wasn't totally embarrassed by by the end was Charlie Dickens whose inner monologue at least recognized the ir......more