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Backwater, Florida (Florida Books Book 1) Kindle Edition

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What happens when floating begins to feel like drowning?
For 30 years Becca Sue has floated along on a sea of low expectations. But when the latest chaotic wave carried her to a strange new place, floating began to feel more like drowning. She had to get out of her hometown of Piney, Georgia and her ex-husband's wealthy family made that possible. She asked no questions, just drove through the night to wake up in paradise. Or so she thought. Then she met her neighbors. Her mad neighbors, who blamed her developer ex-husband for abandoning their ritzy subdivision when the economy collapsed. Becca Sue meets their demands by falling back on old behaviors that don't help anyone. And then, her ex's kids get dumped on her for the summer.
So, just give up and drown? Learn to swim (laughable)? Or try to stand up? But what if there’s no ground beneath her?
And isn’t there always another wave coming?

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28 February 2017
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N7TJZT9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ August Sun Publishing (28 February 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2539 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 900,482 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 32,261 in Contemporary Women's Fiction
- 34,247 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- 34,771 in Women's Fiction (Kindle Store)

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“A new voice in Southern Fiction” is how a recent reviewer labels Kay Dew Shostak’s debut novel, "Next Stop, Chancey". After being raised in a small-town in Tennessee, Kay lived around the country in a variety of settings. Taking a look at the familiar and loved from new perspectives led Kay to see, and then write about, the absurd, the beautiful, and the funny in her South.

After publishing several stories in compilation books and spending a few years in journalism, Kay wandered into writing fiction and found it hard to leave. She currently is working on the seventh book in the Chancey series and living in Fernandina Beach, Florida with her husband.

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Gene Bowker

It's a little more edgy and I see folks just like in the book every time we visit to North Florida.

Reviewed in the United States on 24 March 2017

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I enjoyed this one even more than the Chancey series from the author. It's a little more edgy and I see folks just like in the book every time we visit to North Florida. The characters come alive and you're liable to find their "twins" in the forgotten corner of Florida.

Can't wait to read the next one in this series!

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Terry & Sherry

Old Floridians and new money mix in an offbeat developers dream and their nightmare

Reviewed in the United States on 19 August 2019

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This is a silly, fun read with Kay Shostak's typical well-developed characters. They make reading this book so much fun. And the plot gives one pause to consider, this could happen to any of us!

Glenda

Kept me up all night reading!

Reviewed in the United States on 3 January 2019

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Short on self-esteem, but honest as the day is long, Becca Sue thinks she can start over in Florida living in the dream-house her deceased ex-husband's family gifted to her just to get her out of town. The good intentions of the quirky over-fifty folks in her new neighborhood go awry and instead of rescuing her, they seem to be bent on taking advantage of her naivety and bringing her down. But Becca Sue is stronger than anyone gives herself credit for - even herself! I couldn't put it down until I finished reading it!

Diana

A Fun Read filled with Florida Sunshine

Reviewed in the United States on 25 April 2018

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Becca Sue Cousins Mason, backwoods Georgia hick once divorced from the rich and now deceased Caleb Mason, does not have a whit of self esteem when she lands in a Florida mansion with its own pool in an over-55 subdivision. Much laughter, alcohol, sex and intrigue bring persons of divergent classes together in these pages. Through Kay Shostak's inventive storytelling, Becca Sue grows, flourishing without even realizing it, and finds good, caring people around her. Book One ends at a point where you'll want to know more and to see what's next on the horizon for Becca Sue.

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Kathleen Speck

Awesome new book

Reviewed in the United States on 3 March 2017

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Start of another great series by this author! Cannot wait for the next book in this series. Loved the community setting and the diverse range of characters and story line twists. Once again the author draws you in and has you feeling you are right there as one of the characters. Looking forward to more books in this series.

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