Written with a southern flair, Agnes Hopper Shakes Up Sweetbriar, is a captivating story about eccentric and irresistible characters who weave their lives together. Set in a small-town retirement home this book is filled with laughter, suspense, and wisdom. You will find yourself curled up with this page-turner, unable to put it down!
-- Judy Dearing, author of Chrissy's Moments
-- Judy Dearing, author of Chrissy's Moments
Carol Heilman's book, Agnes Hopper Shakes Up Sweetbriar, makes you feel. I chuckled, I frowned, I was indignant, and I laughed out loud. I learned southern colloquialisms and I fell in love with some pretty outrageous characters. This is a story you cannot put down till it's over.
-- Karin Wooten, author of Don't Tap Dance in the Shower
-- Karin Wooten, author of Don't Tap Dance in the Shower
Carol Heilman has successfully combined her smooth Southern style with gentle fiction to create a cozy, neighborly read full of memorable characters with whom reader will fall in love.
-- Leanna Sain, Award winning author of Gate to Nowhere, Return to Nowhere, Magnolia Blossoms and Wish
-- Leanna Sain, Award winning author of Gate to Nowhere, Return to Nowhere, Magnolia Blossoms and Wish
When circumstances cause Agnes Marie Hopper to move into the local retirement home,Sweetbriar Manor, she ends up an unwitting sleuth, uncovering deception, embezzlement, abuse, and intrigue. Her independent and protective nature leads to confrontation and a moment of truth, even within her own heart. How Agnes becomes a heroine to the residents and to a special friend "Smiley" is a story that resonates with humor, intelligence and a graceful flow of 'southern speak', the vocabulary and language of the South.
--Ann Greenleaf Wirtz, author of The Henderson County Curb Market: A Blue Ridge Heritage Since 1924, Sorrow Answered, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and numerous articles and stories for the Times-News and The Pulse.
--Ann Greenleaf Wirtz, author of The Henderson County Curb Market: A Blue Ridge Heritage Since 1924, Sorrow Answered, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and numerous articles and stories for the Times-News and The Pulse.