The Fabulous Flamingo Girls Author:Annie Jewell Jones, Annie Jones Life is a journey that's best traveled with people who give you wings.Mia Wilding isn't going anywhere. In life. In love. And most definitely not in her grandmother's car roadtripping half way across the country. At least that's what she tells herself, and anyone within ear shot. But when you are the daughter of a woman who has spent her life ma... more »king other people's dreams come true and a bona fide big-haired Southern 'goddess' life is often less about what you say and more about what they do. Mia calls it kidnapping.And to deal with it, she kidnaps something dear in return - the draft of a cookbook that may hold the secrets of life, being a good woman and whether or not her grandmother committed murder. So Mia strikes a bargain. She will return the book if her mother, Iris and grandmother, Darr, will finally tell her the true story of Lo, Sandy, Tish and style icon Helen Hartman, otherwise known as the Fabulous Flamingo Girls, a group of Air Force officer's wives who came together just as their worlds were falling apart. As Mia is drawn deeper into the story of what happened in the summer of 1970 the threesome grow closer to their destination but will it bring the closure Mia thinks will free her mother, and herself, from the destructive patterns of their lives? Told from multi-generational perspectives with pathos and humor, this story is a love song to women and their unique voices, to their friendships, to mothers and daughters. It advocates finding truths, acknowledges the struggle for sobriety and celebrates the joy of living your most authentic life. Wow, that's a lot. But life is a lot, and it can surprise you. As founding Flamingo Girl, Helen Hartman will always tell you - Life will surprise you but that's good, because it gives you the chance to surprise yourself!« less