Good stories
for good people.

New release now available!

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Author of We Don't Push in Fairhope. Good stories for good people.

On Sale October 8, 2024

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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.

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Latest Blog Posts

New book soon!

(But not soon enough) It’s a well known fact that babies arrive faster than books. Also, trans-atlantic barges, molasses in January, watched pots and Christmas morning are all faster than a book publishing project. So that’s where I’ve been lately. Working on a new book! But this time, it’s a children’s…

Apollo 11 stepping out in faith

From the book, Exploding Hushpuppies Still preschool age and not fully able to understand the implications of seeing a man walk on the moon, I remember more about the overjoyed adults in the room than the actual lunar event. My parents, only in their late 20s, and my uncle, who was…

The attack of the thoughtless leprechaun

Feiciano was a college student from Florida A&M University who was one of the full-time aides in my public school Pre-K classroom. At the time, I thought he was a very grown up adult, but now that I’m the mom of young men that same age, I see what a fun-loving…

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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