Harvard Law grad Natalie Goldberg has run all the way to Macon, Georgia to escape a poor relationship choice that put her professional life in jeopardy.  Now she strives every day to find a place for herself while attempting to overcome the town’s prejudices and good ole boy politics while earning very little pay and working even longer hours.  Making things more difficult for Natalie is thinking she is seeing her former lover everywhere she goes.  It’s a good thing that Natalie is nothing if she is not determined.

Stephanie Gayle’s MY SUMMER OF SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT is, as the cover so aptly suggests, a book that all ages can equally enjoy.  This is a book that you can be proud to suggest to your 15-year-old niece, your 85-year-old grandmother and suggest as a read for your monthly book club.

MY SUMMER OF SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT is an insightful look into relationships, choices, actions and the prejudices that follow each of us in our lives.  Natalie is a strong woman whose life path appears to be heading on exactly the path she has set for herself until she makes a poor romantic choice that puts her entire future in question.  How she deals with that choice and its consequences makes for a powerful story of courage, fortitude and resilience.

Ms. Gayle does a wonderful job of describing the Southern landscape and attitudes toward an outsider with big city ideas.  The minor characters, the Miss Georgia defense attorney, Lala and her relaxing garden and even Natalie’s parents and friends from back home all come together wonderfully to weave a story that is thought provoking and uplifting.

For those fiction readers that find they really enjoy those inspiring book club picks, Stephanie Gayle’s MY SUMMER OF SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT will be worth the price and a perfect choice.

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