Etta Mae is introduced to us by Miss Julia who tries very hard not to appear prejudiced against this "poor girl" who hasn't had all the right opportunities that life can dish out. In fact, you can almost hear the phrase "poor white trash" bouncing through Miss Julia's head.
Etta Mae is trying to better herself. To that end, she has become a certified home care provider and landed the plum job of caring for a very wealthy, but very sickly old gentlemen. Visions of sugarplums (and dollar signs) dance through Etta Mae's head as she sets out to capitalize on her patient's obvious obsession to marry her while outsmarting the gentleman's grown son and daughter-in-law who are intent upon stashing him in a sterile old age facility well out of the reaches of Etta Mae.
The mad-cap shenanigans that befall all the players are almost over the top. At times I thought I was reading an episode of Three Stooges meets Green Acres. In the end, justice (of a sort) is done, and life goes on.
This is a pleasant, if zany, read that will help while away a pleasant weekend in the upcoming winter.
Many thanks to the publisher, Recorded Books for making this available.
Title: Etta Mae's Worst Bad Luck Day
Author: Ann B. Ross
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genre: southern fiction
Subject: getting rich quick
Setting: fictional town of Abbotsville NC
Series: Miss Julia
Source: review copy from the publisher
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