Paisley Memories: The Beginning of Me

Paisley Memories is about love, loss, trust, friendship, and family. If you’re looking for a good, humorous southern read, you’ve found it. Below is a sneak peak of my novel and a review from a fan.

At seventeen, Tess Cooper was a high school drop-out, an orphan, and a single mom to a baby girl with Down syndrome. The next two years didn’t turn out like she thought it would.

After her dad’s death, she flees Brooksville, Alabama, in his beloved 1957 Thunderbird before the red clay on his grave can settle. A year of traveling from place to place brings Tess and Paisley to the deep fried, southern town of Panacea, Florida, where her money runs out. A stranger, named Butterball, takes them in and gives Tess a job taking pictures at Wakulla Springs State Park and the annual Sopchoppy Work Grunting Festival.

Afraid to trust these people, Tess plans to leave, but the T-bird is stolen and she is forced to stay. Paisley is thriving on all the attention. Tess weighs her options. Can she give her baby what she needs? Should she put down roots in this place where she has found friends? Or should she give Paisley up for adoption and head out on a life of her own?

You can find copies online at SYP Publishing, Amazon.com, Walmart.com, and Barnes & Noble.

2016 Florida Authors Publishers Association President’s Awards

• Fiction – YA/Coming of Age -Silver Award
• Adult Fiction – Chic Lit -Bronze Award

2017 Reader’s Favorite

 

REVIEW BY MC SIMON  – While tears are still falling from my eyes, I am writing this book review. I just finished reading “Paisley Memories – The Beginning of Me”… a book that touched everything inside me.

I couldn’t imagine that I can laugh out loud and in the next moment cry out with all my heart.

My one complaint is that the book ended and I didn’t find another book written by the same author..

With all my heart, I recommend this book. If you want to read about life and love in almost all its aspects grab this book now!