{"id":48369,"date":"2018-09-05T15:59:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T21:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=48369"},"modified":"2018-09-05T18:09:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T00:09:04","slug":"lisa-pattons-novel-%e2%80%8brush-takes-place-ion-modern-day-oxford-reading-is-friday-september-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/lisa-pattons-novel-%e2%80%8brush-takes-place-ion-modern-day-oxford-reading-is-friday-september-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Patton’s Novel, \u200b”Rush”, Takes Place in Modern-Day Oxford – Reading Is Friday, September 7 at Off Square Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Set in modern day Oxford, Mississippi<\/strong>, on the Ole Miss<\/strong> campus, bestselling author Lisa Patton<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Rush<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a story about women\u2014from both ends of the social ladder\u2014discovering their voices, courage, and empowerment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When Lilith Whitmore, the well-heeled House Corp President of Alpha Delta\u00a0<\/span>Beta\u2014the premiere sorority at Ole Miss\u2014appoints recent empty-nester\u00a0<\/span>Wilda to the Rush Advisory Board, Wilda can hardly believe her luck.\u00a0<\/span>What\u2019s more, Lilith suggests their daughters, both incoming freshman, room\u00a0<\/span>together! What Wilda doesn\u2019t know is that it’s all part of Lilith\u2019s plan to ensure her own daughter\u00a0<\/span>receives an Alpha Delt bid\u2014no matter what.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smart, sweet Cali Watkins is the perfect potential new sorority member . . . except for one thing.\u00a0<\/span>She\u2019s missing a very important ingredient\u2014pedigree. Without family money Cali’s chances of\u00a0<\/span>membership are already razor thin, but she’s got an even bigger problem. If anyone discovers the\u00a0<\/span>dark family secrets she’s hiding, Cali will be dropped from Rush faster than she can say Hotty\u00a0<\/span>Toddy.<\/span><\/p>\n

For twenty-five years, Miss Pearl\u2014as her \u201cbabies\u201d like to call her\u2014has been housekeeper and a\u00a0<\/span>second mother to the Alpha Delt girls, even though it reminds her of a painful part of her past\u00a0<\/span>she\u2019ll never forget. When an opportunity for promotion arises, it seems a natural fit. But Lilith\u00a0<\/span>slams her Prada heel down fast, crushing Miss Pearl\u2019s hopes of a better future. When Wilda and\u00a0<\/span>the girls find out, they devise a plan destined to change Alpha Delta Beta\u2014and maybe the entire\u00a0<\/span>Greek system\u2014forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa Patton\u2019s Rush<\/em> is a sharp, nuanced look at a centuries-old tradition with a harvest of heart,\u00a0<\/span>humor, and honor mixed in between.<\/span><\/p>\n

About the Author<\/span>
\nLisa Patton is the bestselling author of Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter<\/strong><\/em>, Yankee Doodle Dixie<\/strong><\/em>, and\u00a0<\/span>Southern as a Second Language<\/strong><\/em>. Born and raised in Memphis<\/strong>, Lisa attended the University of\u00a0<\/span>Alabama, where she was in a sorority. The proud mother of two sons, she lives in Nashville,\u00a0<\/span>Tennessee, with her husband and a little Havanese pooch named Rosie.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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