The Duchess By Virginia Lee Mattie

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The Duchess by Virginia Lee Mattie

Every Southern family has stories. The Beddoes clan just tells theirs ¿ differently. When Seaman Sissy Beddoes shows up for duty in the U.S. Navy, she expects to watch, learn, serve, and maybe see the world. She does not expect NCIS to tap her on the shoulder and say, “Honey, we need to talk about your folks.”To understand what’s holding up her security clearance, Sissy must revisit the town that shaped her – and the woman who practically ran it: her larger-than-life grandmother, Virginia Beddoes-Hamilton. To Sissy, she was simply “Twomomma.” Social powerhouse, hat-wearing church lady, world-class storyteller, and self-appointed Duchess of Sparta, North Carolina, Twomomma has raised Sissy to be a lady who always lands on her feet – and never lets the truth get in the way of a good story.Growing up in Twomomma’s house meant big Sunday dinners, bigger opinions, and enough family tales to fill a library – if anyone could agree on which version was true. Between porch gossip, unexpected detours, and Twomomma’s habit of “handling things herself,” Sissy learned early that life in a Southern family is never dull ¿ and rarely simple.