The Chick Palace [NOOK Book]

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THREE DILEMMAS, TWO FRIENDS, ONE DESERTED TREE HOUSE

The friendship of Boston bred Johanna Lawrence and Two Rock, South Carolina’s Lilly Covington spans, well, decades. From their days as college roommates through their years as lakeside neighbors, they’ve offered each other sympathy, support and solace for life’s rough edges. Summer’s come round again and with a new crop of...
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The Chick Palace

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THREE DILEMMAS, TWO FRIENDS, ONE DESERTED TREE HOUSE

The friendship of Boston bred Johanna Lawrence and Two Rock, South Carolina’s Lilly Covington spans, well, decades. From their days as college roommates through their years as lakeside neighbors, they’ve offered each other sympathy, support and solace for life’s rough edges. Summer’s come round again and with a new crop of concerns, they commandeer their sons’ long-deserted tree house for morning coffee, evening margaritas and soulful contemplation.

Happily married Johanna has a family reunion to organize, a husband needing attention, a daughter wanting advice, and a son sweeping Grand Central terminal as community service for graffiti violations. Fresh from her mother’s memorial service, she carries her small bag of ashes on morning walks around the lake, “waiting for wisdom” as she grapples with her emerging role as materfamilias. Who has she become? How did she get there so fast?

Single again Lilly, bemoaning her fresh status as an empty nester and the second divorce from her only husband, hopes to seek refuge in her aging bungalow next door~~until “Ex-ex” announces that he and his paramour, graphic designer Cat Gallordi, intend to use it on alternate weekends.

All is not well at the far end of picturesque Lake Allamuchy and solutions evaporate when Johanna’s first love, the “local as the corn crop” bad boy she used years ago to defy her parents, suddenly appears. Quicker than he can dub the tree house The Chick Palace, he embroils Johanna and Lilly in a triangle and proves himself as capable of stealing hearts and turning summer upside down as he did one long-ago August.

With her trademark heart, humor and sass, Leslie Davis Guccione plunks us into a lakeside romp fueled by friendship, family, and one old flame not averse to once again testing the waters.
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940016586762
  • Publisher: Diversion Books
  • Publication date: 5/15/2013
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 473,841
  • File size: 550 KB

Meet the Author

With the simultaneous sales of a YA and adult romantic suspense novel, Leslie Davis Guccione left public relations and fundraising copywriting to concentrate on fiction. To date she has published thirty-one novels for adult, middle grade and teen readers, as well as articles on the craft of writing. Her books have garnered awards, starred reviews and genre fiction best seller status.

Her work for adults began with two Avon romantic suspense titles. She moved to Harlequin/Silhouette where every title for the Desire line topped B. Dalton, Waldenbooks and other bookstore bestseller lists. Two were featured as “Man of the Month” lead titles and her single title Bittersweet Harvest evolved into the six-book Branigan Brothers series. She was Harlequin/Silhouette’s “Author of the Month” during the release of Borrowed Baby for the Yours Truly line.

Her work has been translated into eight languages. She has been a finalist and judge for the RWA RITA awards. As Kate Chester she created and wrote the six book HEAR NO EVIL series for Scholastic. Six books for teen readers feature deaf protagonists; TELL ME HOW THE WIND SOUNDS has been optioned for television. Her works for young readers have been book club and readers’ choice selections as well as classroom required reading. Two titles have been featured in Hornbook Magazine’s “Musings” column.

In 2000 she took a break from fiction to teach, write articles on the craft and establish WORDS @ WORK, her manuscript review service. She is currently mentor and adjunct faculty member for Seton Hill University’s masters program: Writing Popular Fiction. Professional memberships have included The Authors Guild, Romance Writes of America (RWA) and The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
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Customer Reviews

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 26, 2011

    Jean Ray Meets Adriana Trigiani

    I loved this book about 2 women who've been friends since college. It's so real and so funny. Johanna is old money, and Lily is Southern from the wrong side of the tracks, transformed by a college education and successful career. Both friends deal with midlife dramas. Johnna tries to cope with the passing of her mother. Now SHE'S the matriarch of her family at 55. How can that be? Lily's faced, literarlly, with her ex-husband's successful and famous new girlfirend when they're forced to share their summer lake house on alternate weekends. Johanna's summer place is next door. They help each other through these family dramas in their kids' old treehouse with the aid of marguiritas. THEN, Johanna's first boyfriend shows up, and it's quite a threesome. Great read!

    43 out of 48 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 5, 2012

    I Also Recommend:

    The Divorce Club

    First grade

    Enjoyed it- a lot and will read more from this talented writer.

    32 out of 34 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 26, 2011

    more from this reviewer

    Loved it!

    I could practically taste those margaritas in the Chick Palace. I could see the canoe on the lake, hear the crunch of the gravel as an old flame pulls up the driveway beside the lake house. I could feel the angst of a lost parent and an empty nest. A story about lasting friendship and making one's way through the chapters of life. A must-read.

    18 out of 24 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 29, 2011

    Funny and touching

    There are very few books about women "of a certain age". We need more books like "The Chick Palace"-- after all we middle agers are taking over the world. We want to read about what our contemporaries are going through, in order to reassure ourselves that we are not alone.

    I highly recommend this book for its warmth, wit and wisdom.

    16 out of 22 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 29, 2011

    THE CHICK PALACE

    Two dillemas,three friends, andone tree house. Awesome story really sweet

    10 out of 20 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 3, 2012

    Such fun, so poignant

    Rollicking good humor, lines that make you smile in total agreement, times you want to weep-all qualities that go into making this one terrific book. The pitch-perfect details put you right in Lake Allamuchy, and the characters make you want to linger awhile. Loved this one.

    9 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 5, 2012

    Loved it!

    I have no idea for what age group this book was intended, but I'm no spring chicken, and I loved it. It is a great story that flows without a hitch to the perfect ending. I liked the characters so much I didn't want the book to end. There was no wanton sex, no extremely vulgar language, and no violence. Unlike many other books I've read lately, there was not a large number of grammatical errors to distract from the story. This is the perfect book to hunker down with on a cold day or to take to the beach. Loved it!!

    7 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 5, 2012

    The kind of booku read in 1day

    Very well written, u r taken away by the great setting discription and how well you know the characters. Their silly escapades and dealing with life issues is the entertainment one is looking for that makes reading a joy.

    5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 5, 2012

    Loved this book.

    Took me awile to catch onto the auther's writing style. I was hooked after the first two chapters! Guess I've gotten too used to those fun but not very well executed romance novels I enjoy anyway.

    This book is about best friends for years and what they have learned through life experience, who they were then and who they are now. Did not want this story to end...!!!

    5 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 6, 2012

    Wish I hadn't spent the money

    This book is boooorrrrriinnggg. I bought it a month ago and jumped right in and after forcing myself to crawl through half of it, I haven't finished it and probably won't. I simply don't care about the characters -- not about what's happening where I currently am in the book nor about what will be happening to them in the future. Lesson Learned: take advantage of the "Read a Sample" functionality before actually buying a book.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 1, 2012

    Not for me

    I found myself rereading the pages a lot because i lost interest half way through. Not a good read to me at all.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 31, 2012

    Wasn't a spell binder, but I enjoyed reading it.

    You had to adjust your reading to who the character was that was telling the story, so there was a little disconnect occasionally, but the plot was interesting.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 30, 2012

    good beach read

    Good beach read keeps your interest with very little thought involved.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 27, 2012

    Heartwarming Story of Two Friends

    This book was an easy read and thoroughly enjoyable. It tells the tale of 2 friends at the crossroads in their lives and how they find the happiness they are looking for.

    Definitely a book to read on the beach or just because you enjoy celebrating the friendship of two women.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 17, 2012

    Great story!

    Great girlfriend read! Truly is on mark when at a certain age you feel you need that little affirmation that you are still that young carefree person. I truly enjoyed the chick palace!

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 5, 2012

    Very good

    Quick read. Read in 3-4 days

    2 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 29, 2012

    Good

    I liked the story. I related to the characters to a degree....the author has a descriptive style of writing that will pull you in. That being said...there needs to be some kind of editing done before publishing! All the underlining was distracting and annoying. I almost put the book down because of it. However, I stuck with it in the hopes that one of the characters would stand up to her ex. Or...ex ex.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted February 9, 2012

    ¿Look, Muffy, a book for us.¿

    Like the Preppy Handbook, The Chick Palace speaks to a generation – or two – of women who have reached a certain stage in life and could use some guidance. But what Guccione offers is not so much guidance as consolation that we all hit these seminal events in our own ways, and the awareness that mostly what we need is the warmth of a solid female friendship as we rethink and reassess our lives. Ever since we discovered that we were all getting underpaid, that no one really wanted to change diapers, and that it was ok to have sex for fun, our collective knowledge has brought us back to center every time. Ms. Guccione uses her delightful storytelling to reaffirm this aspect of feminine bonding. And what a fun read! Ms. Guccione has such a smooth style and such an ear for dialogue that you will find yourself effortlessly floating along with the story. I laughed out loud at Lilly and her wickedly funny retorts to the man she has twice married and divorced; I teared up with Johanna as she sees herself suddenly as The One in Charge – the Mother Superior of her birth family – and wonders how she matches up with her own mother. And the appearance of Dean Delaney, the boy who broke Johanna’s heart in the summer before college, adds a twist that makes you just want to keep on reading.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 9, 2012

    wish list

    Want to have a try

    1 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 9, 2012

    A must read for mid life women!

    Brilliant! Makes you laugh, cry, and think!!!!

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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