Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly

by Robert Dalby

Overview

“The charmingly eccentric and infinitely lovable characters from Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly are back” (Louise Shaffer, author of The Ladies of Garrison Gardens)

In Second Creek, Mississippi, Hale Dunbar is taking on the solidly entrenched mayor in the upcoming election. Hale may not have much political experience, but he has something better: he's being backed by the Nitwitts—the town's most influential and enjoyably eccentric posse of widows. As the campaign unfolds, everyone is about to discover what's more important than coming in first—close friends, second chances, and true love. And of course, a good slogan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425223659
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/04/2008
Series:	Piggly Wiggly , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robert Dalby is the author of the Piggly Wiggly series, including A Piggly Wiggly Christmas, A Piggly Wiggly Wedding, Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly, and Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly. He is a graduate of the University of the South (Sewanee), and a lifelong patron of the Piggly Wiggly. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

What People are Saying About This

Louise Shaffer

Full of wisdom and warmth. (Louise Shaffer, author of The Ladies of Garrison Gardens)

Editorial Reviews

Dalby's sequel to Waltzing at the Piggly Wigglyrevisits the offbeat Mississippi Delta town of Second Creek, where mayor Floyce Hammontree, once the "new blood" the town needed and now a corrupt manipulator, is outraged that Choppy Dunbar, the "seventyish" former owner of the local Piggly Wiggly and a novice to "the down and dirty business of local politics," is running against him in the upcoming mayoral race. Working to help Mr. Choppy's campaign are newlyweds Powell and Laurie Hampton and the Nitwitts (wealthy widows with social standing and influence). Although charming and energetic, this polite band of earnest do-gooders faces a formidable battle against the slick Floyce, who still has some favors to call in. Meanwhile, Mr. Choppy's long-lost love reappears at a critical moment, and he is determined to keep her. On election night, unusually stormy weather delays the announcement of the winner, which should be no surprise. Dalby brings the story neatly together, but the novel's pacing suffers from the drawn-out and overly cute conversations, which turn the characters into caricatures. Dalby lays on thick the cartoonish Southern quirkiness. (Aug.)

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Publishers Weekly

If you loved Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood or Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café you will probably go ga-ga over [Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly].

Jackson Free Press

A sweet story...captures the flavor of the South.

Booklist

A big slice of small-town pie...This is one sweet series—and let's hope we hear lots more from the Nitwitts!

Cozy Library