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   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  hardlyhardy | Dec 6, 2018 |   As usual she has help from Etta Mae as well as various other friends. I really liked this one, a little different than some of the earlier books. (  ) bookswoman | Jul 11, 2017 |  ) ReinaMWilliams | Mar 31, 2017 |  ) Maydacat | Apr 27, 2016 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML:In this entry in Ann B. Ross's New York Times bestselling series, Miss Julia finds herself an executrix on a desperate hunt for a valuable antique so she can honor her friend's last wishes. Don't miss her newest, Miss Julia Weathers The Storm, coming April 2017 from Viking. When Miss Julia hears that Miss Mattie Freeman has taken a fall and is in the hospital, she wishes she'd spent more time getting to know the womanâ??and not just because she's last to hear about the accident! So when the tumble proves fatal, the last thing Miss Julia expects is a phone call from Ernest Sitton, Attorney at Law. Suddenly Miss Julia finds herself the executrix of Miss Mattie's estate, and from what Ernest has to say, Miss Mattie's coffers weren't exactly full. Determined to find something of value for Miss Mattie's beneficiaries, Miss Julia is faced with a room full of clutter that's now hers to disperse. With the lovelorn caretaker Etta Mae Wiggins working overtime, her good friend Mildred Allen on bed rest, and Helen Stroud cataloging Miss Mattie's furniture, Miss Julia soon realizes she's got a blue-million things to do to honor her friend's last wishes. Thank goodness for Miss Mattie's handsome young neighbor, Nate Wheeler, who's ever ready to help out, and of course for Sam, who's always willing to lend an ear. But when a young man claiming to be Miss Mattie's great-nephew turns up, demanding to live in her apartment while he writes a family history, Miss Julia will find herself closer to Mattie Freeman and her mysterious family than ever before. In this seventeenth installment in the Miss Julia series, Ann B. Ross delivers another hilarious and big-hearted novel celebrating the South's favorite steel magnolia and the unforgettable residents of Abottsvil No library descriptions found. |
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For most of the way this is pretty tame stuff. Mattie Ross, an elderly woman Miss Julia knows, but not well, dies and surprisingly names her to see that her many beneficiaries receive the money she bequeaths them. But there may be more beneficiaries than money. Except for a modest bank account, Mattie didn't seem to have much.
Things start to get interesting when some of the dead woman's jewelry and furniture hint at value and a man turns up claiming to be Mattie's long lost nephew interested only in family history. Mattie had never mentioned any living relatives. Whether an actual relative or a con man, his very presence makes Miss Julia more alert. Might Mattie Freeman have been worth more than what is apparent to the executor of her estate?
Eventually this tale shifts into typical Miss Julia gear, and the conclusion is great fun. (