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Susan Gregg Gilmore Signs "The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove" at The Book Worm.

The Book Worm Bookstore is so excited to welcome Susan Gregg Gilmore as she signs her hit debut novel, "Looking For Salvation at the Dairy Queen", as well as her newest release, "The Improper Life of Bezillia Grove"; two incredible novels that will leave you begging for more!

In "Looking for Salvation...", sometimes you have to return to the place where you began, to arrive at the place where you belong.

It’s the early 1970s. The town of Ringgold, Georgia, has a population of 1,923, one traffic light, one Dairy Queen, and one Catherine Grace Cline. The daughter of Ringgold’s third-generation Baptist preacher, Catherine Grace is quick-witted, more than a little stubborn, and dying to escape her small-town life.

Every Saturday afternoon, she sits at the Dairy Queen, eating Dilly Bars and plotting her getaway to the big city of Atlanta. And when, with the help of a family friend, the dream becomes a reality, Catherine Grace immediately packs her bags, leaving her family and the boy she loves to claim the life she’s always imagined. But before things have even begun to get off the ground in Atlanta, tragedy brings her back home. As a series of extraordinary events alters her perspective–and sweeping changes come to Ringgold itself–Catherine Grace begins to wonder if her place in the world may actually be, against all odds, right where she began.

And in "The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove," Bezellia Grove, who is one of a long line of 'Bezellia Groves' in one of Nashville’s oldest families, dreams of someday living up to the name that looms so large in her heritage. But her family is not as stable as everyone thinks. Her mother is strict and proper, when not drinking, and her father is never home, preferring to work long hours. Bezellia and her younger sister are raised by the household servants, Nathaniel and Maizelle, who are more like parents to them than their real ones. When Nathaniel’s smart, good-looking son Samuel appears, Bezellia is completely smitten. But the South in the 1960s is not a welcoming place for Samuel, especially when he falls in love with a white woman. Bezellia must decide whether it’s her heart or her heritage that is most important. 

Don't miss this fabulous author as she stops in with a little salvation for our improper souls!
*You can find out more about Susan and her titles by visiting her website:www.susangregggilmore.com*

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