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Bed and Breakfast
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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Ten years of family secrets, misunderstandings, and recriminations have kept the Tatternalls apart - until Josie, a military widow suddenly alerted to mortality when one of her best friends keels over during a bridge game, impulsively invites her three grown daughters home for the holidays at her gracious South Carolina bed-and-breakfast. Cam, Josie's eldest, is her father's daughter - headstrong, smart, fearless, and utterly hopeless when it comes to making peace with either her family or herself. Years ago, she acquired the cynical veneer born of living too long in New York City and watching her writerly dreams fade. Still reeling from a breakup with the man she loves, she heads south heartily skeptical of the comforts of home and hearth. For Cam, this will be a season of shocks and surprises. Lila, the poised and perfect stay-at-home mother of two, lives near Josie in Hilton Head and is experiencing the slow disintegration of her own essentially loveless marriage. She dreads the prospect of this family reunion - especially the return of her black sheep, brilliant older sister, Cam. Yet, astonishing even herself, this is the Christmas when Lila finally will rebel. Evie, the all-too-candid baby of the family, routinely "shares" her family's secrets in her advice column for a Savannah newspaper. But even Evie has never created a scene like the tableau she stages at this Christmas dinner - when she arrives on the arm of her latest love, a rich man old enough to be her father....
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abookishbutterfly
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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We are at a bed and breakfast and no one else reserved a room for the night. They don‘t have any on site staff so we have this entire house to ourselves. Im sitting here getting ready to read and I think this feels like heaven.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Wow - that‘s lovely!! 6y
BethM That sounds like perfection! 6y
CouronneDhiver Yay! Great luck 6y
abookishbutterfly @BethM It really is! 6y
abookishbutterfly @CouronneDhiver I know! It‘s really a much needed respite but we certainly weren‘t counting on this good fortune! 6y
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TheSpineView
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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vkois88 It sounds like a lot of work, but also super fun 😊 6y
TheSpineView @vkois88 You called it right! WORK!😊 6y
MaGoose Yup, LOTS of work goes into running a B&B. Especially if you want to have a certain type of person become repeat clientele. Not necessarily very wealthy or even the nouveau rich, but customers who appreciate the quality of what's being offered and the amount of work it entails. 6y
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TheSpineView @MaGoose I love staying in B&Bs but I have no desire to run one. 6y
MaGoose My sentiments exactly! I've stayed in B&Bs in the past and loved it. Haven't done so in recent years as a few of my favorites have closed. 6y
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Lynnsoprano
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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There are lots of reasons that I love to stay at B&Bs, but I have never before stayed in one with a bookcase in the bathroom. I‘m going to have to figure out how to do this at my house 😊

Soubhiville Look at all those VHS tapes! 6y
Clare-Dragonfly Wow! I love it but worry about the humidity warping the books… 6y
Lynnsoprano @Clare-Dragonfly I hadn‘t thought of that... 6y
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Dragon
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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Panpan

Finally finished my “work “ book. I‘ve been reading this on my lunch breaks ( 30 minutes) for months. It‘s a holiday read full of angst. A dysfunctional trio of sisters manage to ruin Christmas. Such a downer.

DivineDiana Who needs a downer for the Holidays? It doesn‘t end on a positive note?!? 7y
Dragon Well it jumps a year ahead to the next Christmas and the family isn‘t fighting. So @DivineDiana I guess that‘s a positive. 7y
DivineDiana @Dragon Sounds like they worked out some of their differences! 😬📚😉 7y
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BooksAndChopsticks
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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Me and the elusive author #rickcrilly staying at a charming 18th century Bed and Breakfast in Norfolk county. #litsypartyoftwo #getaway

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Debiw781
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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Nothing like a good breakfast to start the day! I'm trying to catch up on Ghost Story for #lengthylit too

#tastytreat
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Cinfhen That looks simply delicious 💖 7y
Tamra Yum! 7y
quirkyreader The grits look delicious. 7y
JoeStalksBeck Omg I@ gonna go make breakfast now 7y
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readsusieread
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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What's one of the first things I do after I check into a historic bed and breakfast???

Take selfies of course!

Lacythebookworm Of course 😝Have fun! 7y
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Dragon
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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#Christmas #sizzlininJuly. At a friend's for a fantastic steak barbecue! She also made prime rib for this past Christmas 🎄

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Dragon
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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#fruit #maybookflowers a trio of fruit covers 2 from my booksale find tbr pile and an oldie 🍎

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Bookwormjillk
Bed and Breakfast | Lois Battle
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The higher the pollen count goes the lower my IQ seems to fall. I needed something sweet and easy. This one fits the bill (even if it is about Christmas.) 🎄