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Title details for Miss Julia Raises the Roof by Ann B. Ross - Available

Miss Julia Raises the Roof

#20 in series

by Ann B. Ross
Cynthia Darlow
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The nineteenth installment of the beloved and New York Times bestselling Miss Julia series With her husband Sam off on a trip to Europe, Miss Julia takes a pause to reflect on the past few decades-realizing how the comforts and joys of her life can sometimes give way to boredom. Miss Julia reckons it's about time to roll up her sleeves and be of some use to her community. She's just considering how to get involved when she hears that the nosy do-gooder Madge Taylor and the new pastor Rucker are embarking on a mission to buy up the vacant house down the street from Miss Julia and establish a group home for wayward teenagers. No stranger to taking in the down-and-out herself, Miss Julia is shocked to learn Madge and the pastor never consulted her or anyone else in the neighborhood about their project-only a board of the church's congregants who don't live in the neighborhood, all instructed to keep the project a secret. Hazel Marie and Miss Julia's fears are confirmed when they start investigating, and find that Madge and her board of busybodies plan to proceed without much care for how to manage the home after they've built it, or whether it will be built to code in the first place-never mind that the house itself is ill suited for a bunch of teenagers to be living in it, barely supervised. Miss Julia must band together with friends and neighbors to take on nosy Madge and her steamrolling plans, while still being helpful to those in need in another entertaining installment of Ann B. Ross's bestselling series.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Miss Julia

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 3, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781501940545
      • File size: 280692 KB
      • Duration: 09:44:46

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 19, 2018
      Madge Taylor and slightly self-righteous pastor Robert Rucker decide Abbotsville, N.C., needs a group home for teenage boys, but Madge’s do-gooder activities soon land her in hot water, in bestseller Ross’s gratifying 19th series mystery (after 2017’s Miss Julia Weathers the Storm). Miss Julia Murdoch hears about it from Hazel Marie, who lives next door to the property in question with her PI husband, J.D. Pickens. Indignant that her pastor is ramming the plan through as though the church supports it, Miss Julia sets out to put a stop to this ill-conceived idea, with all the more urgency when she finds out that even Madge and the pastor have no idea what the developer’s true scheme is. Political corruption, rumors, and generally nefarious goings-on just make Miss Julia and her cohorts more determined than ever to turn a bad notion into one that will protect homes and help the boys. Miss Julia’s usual kindness and sense of what’s right are front and center in an entry sure to please series fans and newcomers with a taste for light detection. Author tour. Agent: Deborah Schneider, Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      From the start of this audiobook, listeners get a precise impression of Miss Julia's forthright character. Narrator Cynthia Darlow perfectly creates the sense of an older woman who is slightly opinionated and manipulative yet has a sense of humour. Told as a first-person narrative, this mystery provides detailed insights into Miss Julia's thoughts and concerns. As a result, the listener is a fly on the wall, overhearing the plottings and machinations of a busybody as she plans to take on the church and many people in her community. While the main plotline--whether a home for wayward boys is appropriate in a "nice" community--is a little discomforting, Darlow's sterling narration provides an engrossing listen. K.J.P. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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