{"product_id":"rush-1","title":"Rush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"There's not a better Southern author writing today than Lisa Patton. Funny, touching, and full of twists and turns. I couldn't have loved it more.\" - Fannie Flagg, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRush \u003c\/i\u003eis recommended by...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal Constitution \u003c\/i\u003eas a Southern Beach Book\u003cbr\u003eSouthernLiving.com as a 2018 Beach Read\u003cbr\u003eDeep South Magazine's Summer Reading List\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Independent Bookseller's Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e as a SUMMER 2018 OKRA PICK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eModern Mrs. Darcy Fall Lineup \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSet in modern day Oxford, Mississippi, on the Ole Miss campus, bestselling author Lisa Patton's \u003c\/i\u003eRUSH \u003ci\u003eis a story about women--from both ends of the social ladder--discovering their voices and their empowerment.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCali Watkins possesses all the qualities sororities are looking for in a potential new member. She's kind and intelligent, makes friends easily, even plans to someday run for governor. But her resume lacks a vital ingredient. \u003ci\u003ePedigree\u003c\/i\u003e. Without family money Cali's chances of sorority membership are already thin, but she has an even bigger problem. If anyone discovers the dark family secrets she's hiding, she'll be dropped from Rush in an instant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Lilith Whitmore, the well-heeled House Corp President of Alpha Delta Beta, one of the premiere sororities on campus, appoints recent empty-nester Wilda to the Rush Advisory Board, Wilda can hardly believe her luck. What's more, Lilith suggests their daughters, both incoming freshman, room together. What Wilda doesn't know is that it's all part of Lilith's plan to ensure her own daughter receives an Alpha Delt bid--no matter what. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor twenty-five years, Miss Pearl--as her \"babies\" like to call her--has been housekeeper and a second mother to the Alpha Delt girls, even though it reminds her of a painful part of her past she'll never forget. When an opportunity for promotion arises, it seems a natural fit. But Lilith Whitmore slams her Prada heel down fast, crushing Miss Pearl's hopes of a better future. When Wilda and the girls find out, they devise a plan destined to change Alpha Delta Beta--and maybe the entire Greek system--forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAchingly poignant, yet laugh-out-loud funny, RUSH takes a sharp nuanced look at a centuries-old tradition while exploring the complex, intimate relationships between mothers and daughters and female friends. Brimming with heart and hope for a better tomorrow, RUSH is an uplifting novel universal to us all.","brand":"Lisa Patton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47596024365292,"sku":"9781250020680","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Library Binding - Large Print","offer_id":47596024398060,"sku":"9781432858612","price":50.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781250020680.jpg?v=1777913636","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/rush-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}