The Sweet Life

About this book

The heartwarming sequel to The Piano Teacher In her eagerly anticipated second novel The Sweet Life York catches up with the good people of Swans Knob for another poignant funny and beautifully realized glimpse of small-town life in the South. Its been eight years since Roy Swan successfully won the hand of piano teacher and resident choir director Miss Wilma and now their lives have settled into a state of happy predictability. But all that changes with the arrival of Miss Wilmas teenage granddaughter whose estranged father Harper follows shortly behind. Soon Harper has convinced Roy to let him stage a small country and bluegrass concert in his pasture drawing thousands of screaming fans not to mention a small forest of Porta Potties. Roy and Wilma weather each new tempest with grace and grit until a crippling stroke leaves Roy debilitatedand life in Swans Knob becomes a lot less simple. A worthy successor to her memorable debut Lynn Yorks The Sweet Life weaves a story at once whimsical and wise filled with all the warmth and charm of the South itself.