Good stories
for good people.
New release now available!
Author of We Don't Push in Fairhope. Good stories for good people.
On Sale October 8, 2024
About the Book
We Don't Push in Fairhope is a delightful collection of humorous and heartwarming tales of the people and places that make Fairhope, Alabama, unique. Ranked as a #1 Bestseller by Amazon in both travel and Southern humor categories, this book has struck a chord with people from all areas, not just the South, proving the love for home is universal.
A mix of travelogue and memoir, We Don't Push in Fairhope provides readers with an inside glimpse of a small town with quirky folks, walking school busses, costume-wearing dogs and kind people who would never push.
About Leslie Anne
With humor, charm and a tug at your heartstrings, author Leslie Anne Tarabella will give you a story that makes you smile.
Latest Blog Posts
May we always remember our shirts
I don’t enjoy the fussing and fighting of politics, but the pageantry and hoopla never fail to enthrall. The recent inauguration had me texting with friends in a frenzy of messages, approving some elements of the pomp and circumstance, and recoiling in horror at others. As star graduates of our childhood…
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Still – a little bit of Christmas?
My Christmas decorations are packed away except for this framed 12 Days of Christmas collection. I love it so much that I think I’ll let it linger a little longer. Is there a rule against that? The cards depict the original wooden 2 by 4-foot “cards” that were designed and painted…
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The United States of New Year’s Eve
Originally posted in 2017. After she covered her black eyed peas with water to soak overnight, Millie went outside to help her husband wrap the big ball of chicken wire with Christmas lights. Every year, the couple hosted the New Year’s Eve party at their farm just South of Montgomery, and…
Read MorePraise for Leslie Anne's Writing
Leslie Anne’s writing is like potato chips because when I read her stories I can’t put the book down.
I keep reading another
and another.
—Andy Andrews, NYT bestselling author
It’s as if Erma Bombeck met Scarlett O’Hara and raised an orphan writer on the Florida Panhandle then sent her to South Alabama.
—Alan Samry
Leslie Anne’s writing is rather calming, the kind of calm that goes with fasting from social media… and listening to Dolly Parton or Debussy.
—Bruce Collier, editor,
DeFuniak Herald
'Bout to be laughing out loud to Leslie Anne Tarabella's Exploding Hushpuppies, 'cause there's nobody funnier than a Southern girl! I chuckled so hard at your
ice maker story!
—3 friends and a fork blog
There’s a bit of eccentricity and craziness...
—The Beach Herald
Laughed and cried at the
same time. Leslie Anne is a wonderful writer and a superb teller of Southern Tales showing her subjects with great empathy and humor.
You will love her stories!
—Chris D.
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