Haywood Smith, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-30056-2
"The only degree I have is a Ph.D. in Southern Bitch," proclaims Linwood Breedlove Scott, the feisty Prozac-popping, menopausal heroine of Smith's hardcover debut. When her husband drains their bank account and leaves her for a stripper,
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Haywood Smith, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-31693-8
Smith's hardcover debut, Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch, was a charmer, but her newest offering falls flat. Five middle-aged women in Atlanta, former sorority sisters and now the last bastion of "civilized" (read: white and Southern) society,
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Haywood Smith, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-31691-4
Smith fans know that when 50-something females don red hats for lunch at Atlanta's Swan Coach House tearoom, mayhem ensues. Club members Susu (wild divorcée now studying law), Teeny (abandoned woman turned corporate mogul), Diane (displace
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Haywood Smith, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-312-32973-0
The Atlanta chapter of the Red Hat Club—Georgia, Teeny, Diane, Linda and Pru—meets again, sharing tea and sympathy in Smith's wry sequel to The Red Hat Club Rides Again
. A frantic Georgia takes center stage as she deals with the...
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Haywood Smith, St. Martin's, $24.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-60976-4
Smith shakes up the midlife marriage renewal subgenre with the emotionally complex tale of Elizabeth Whittington, who has accepted that her marriage to Howe Whittington, the wealthiest man in their small Georgia town, is a sham. Howe cheats, has...
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Haywood Smith, Author St. Martin's Press $24.99 (372p) ISBN 978-0-312-31695-2
Smith (The Red Hat Club) conjures up four mature sisters: Dahlia, Rose, Violet and Iris-each with her own distinct (and sometimes clashing) personality-in this entertaining yet realistic account of sisterhood. When their former dancer grandmother...
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Haywood Smith, Author St. Martin's Press $5.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-96159-6
Royal Cavaliers and rebel Roundheads clash in Smith's sweeping English Civil War novel (after Shadows in Velvet). Future King Charles II spitefully maneuvers the handsome warrior Garrett, Viscount Creighton, into marriage with widowed Elizabeth,...
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Haywood Smith, Author St. Martin's Press $5.99 (424p) ISBN 978-0-312-95873-2
French civil unrest in the mid-17th century is interwoven with a complex love story in this intelligent, accomplished debut historical romance. An orphan raised in a convent, Anne-Marie de Bourbon-Corbay finds herself ill-prepared for the elegantly...
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Haywood Smith, Author St. Martin's Press $5.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-96883-0
Haywood Smith's newest (after Secrets in Satin) is another jewel in her crown--an unusual medieval love story about two commoners in which the lovers don't even meet until a third of the way through. Even readers who prefer a more expedient romance...
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Haywood Smith. St. Martin's, $25.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-60977-1
Republican wife bonds with left-leaning hippie in this engaging Southern-fried saga of friendship, family, and survival from the saleswoman-turned-author of Waking Up in Dixie. Betsy and Kat meet in the Atlanta suburbs in the mid-'70s, forge an...
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Haywood Smith. St. Martin’s, $25.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-00352-2
In her quirky new novel, Smith (Waking Up in Dixie) follows two ailing oddballs—one a widow, the other a recluse—as they struggle to overcome medical problems. Cassie Jones, who has been branded a hypochondriac, is relieved to learn that her...
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Haywood Smith, Author, Anne Gartlan, Read by, Cynthia Darlow, Read by , read by Cynthia Darlow. Audio Renaissance $24.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55927-967-3
Audio reviews reflect PW's assessment of the audio adaptation of a book and should be quoted only in reference to the audio version.FictionTHE RED HAT CLUBHaywood Smith, read by Cynthia Darlow. Audio Renaissance, abridged, three cassettes, 5 hrs.
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