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
The Bicentennial Freedom Train
There was a mixture of excitement and reverence in the air during the summer of 1976 when my grandfather took me to Huntsville to tour the American Freedom Train, a traveling museum celebrating our nation’s Bicentennial. It was the hottest ticket in America. Crowds stood in line for hours to walk…
Revisiting Liberty Blue
I’m so excited about America’s Semiquincentennial that I thought I’d revisit a popular old story. (And BTW, I spelled that without looking it up! I’ve had practice — I’ll explain at the bottom of this post). Of all the tear-jerking, laugh-aloud, and deeply personal stories I’ve shared over the years, there’s…
If you woke up in the 70’s . . .
“I’d turn on the radio – we had the best music ever!” This was the response from someone on social media when asked, “If you woke up in the 70’s, what’s the first thing you would do?” Yes, I’m sure many of you reading this weren’t around for the 70’s, and…
Praise 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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