Discover the book KIRKUS calls " politically engaged update to Steel Magnolias" and "entertaining from start to finish." KIRKUS BOOK REVIEW In Kacmar and Patrice's political satire, Southern women fight for their community's health and sanity. For 20 years, good old boy Terrence "Terry" Benedict Monroe III has served on the Weaver County, North Carolina Commission, most recently as its charismatic chairman. Terry is quick to dismiss the warnings of the state's liberal governor when it comes to a mysterious illness affecting the county's children. He prefers to stoke conservative fervor about gun rights and immigrant invasions and sleep with his disaffected mistress, Babs Marshall. As Babs grows fed up with Terry's childish attitude, a group of more progressive women come together following one of Terry's most incendiary rants. There's longtime Weaver County resident Birdie Jefferson, pediatrician Deepa Kaur (who has come under Terry's scrutiny for her Sikh faith), New York transplant Nina Gold, attorney Avery Lee, and Terry's own assistant, Lucille Preston. Desperate to protect the town from racist attitudes and the growing health crisis, the women found Project Snowflake and strategize to get Lucille elected as Terry's replacement. Witheach woman bringing her own expertise and tenacity to the mix, Terry just may have met his match. [This book] feels like a politically engaged update to Steel Magnolias. Readers will find themselves satisfied by several poignant moments of female empowerment. Larger-than-life characters keep this take on Southern politics entertaining from start to finish. Excerpt from MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW: Snowflakes in the South is a timely novel about political corruption, women's power, and a circle of female friends fighting a local politician likely to win re-election. Libraries seeking novels about women's empowerment, relationships, and the political divide will find Snowflakes in the South a vivid and engaging read. (full review here: ) ̃D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review̃

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