The Madhatter's Guide to Chocolate--first novel

Well, I've been a big old slacker for not posting anything about my novels. Forgive...

My first published novel--The Madhatter's Guide to Chocolate--is the first in a series of mainstream fiction set in the panhandle of Florida.

Here is the back cover blurb...

Welcome to the town of Chattahoochee, Florida. Imagine living down the road from a mental institution and growing up in a world still drenched in the traditions of the South.

For Hattie Davis, she couldn't wait to get away. Returning home for her mother's funeral, she is drawn in by the arrival of a dear and flamboyant childhood friend, Jake Witherspoon. Despite the unfortunate situation that has brought them together, a memoir of an old family friend inspires them to join forces and take the town by storm.

Yet their new entrepreneurial lives are brutally interupted when Jake is kidnapped and beaten by two local teenage boys. Apparently, the discovery of Jake's homosexuality comes easier for Hattie than some others.

The touching tale of a Southern town's revival and a woman's coming of age--even over the hill--is something you will laugh, cry, and cheer over.

Interwoven with an air of magical realism, The Madhatter's Guide to Chocolate is a rich tale of small town humor, tragedy, and the extraordinary twists of fate. Take a trip through the looking glass and come home to the South.
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This novel is now out of print, but can still be ordered through Amazon.

That sounds like a great tale, Rhett. I have some roots in the southern US, and cousins who love for me to move there. So I am always interested in the 'southern charm' and hospitality that abides in the SE US.

madhatter wrote:

This novel is now out of print, but can still be ordered through Amazon.

Do you think it would still be in print if it had come out from a larger publisher?

Malcolm