Sweet Vidalia

A life-affirming novel about marriage, friendship and the powerful dignity of a woman forced to rebuild her life in 1960s Texas. As Eliza sits at her husband's funeral, still stunned by his death, she discovers a lie that turns her life upside down. Almost overwhelmed by the dawning understanding that she's known nothing true about her life, Eliza can't see a way forward at first. How should she come to terms with all that has been a lie? How can she live with herself? But Eliza has a core of resourceful steel that doesn't let her down and an innate emotional generosity that she clings to, faced with an almost overwhelming sense of bitterness. Signing up to business classes so she can make a living, she moves into a hotel, 'The Sweet Vidalia', filled with people facing their own challenges. As she gathers new friends and new possibilities open up before her, Eliza finds it isn't so simple to leave the past behind.