This review is for the book on compact disk.
Etta Mae runs into roadblocks and sexual innuendoes as she tries to move up from the wrong side of the tracks. For twenty-four hours, her boss, ex-husband, former lover, and planned-to-be husband’s son meddle in Etta Mae’s plans. You need to listen to the story to decide whether this is a tale of true love or a gold digger’s path to riches. Despite the action, the characters are shallow and not fully developed. The quality of the recording and the reader is very good. ( )

The Miss Julia series by Ann B. Ross is one I've always enjoyed. In this volume, the author serves up a previously ancillary character and makes her the star. In this audio version I received from LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program, the story rings clear, clean and very southern, but without the often insipid southern accent many readers find necessary to give the story authenticity.

Etta Mae is introduced to us by Miss Julia who tries very hard not to appear prejudiced against this "poor girl" who hasn't had all the right opportunities that life can dish out. In fact, you can almost hear the phrase "poor white trash" bouncing through Miss Julia's head.

Etta Mae is trying to better herself. To that end, she has become a certified home care provider and landed the plum job of caring for a very wealthy, but very sickly old gentlemen. Visions of sugarplums (and dollar signs) dance through Etta Mae's head as she sets out to capitalize on her patient's obvious obsession to marry her while outsmarting the gentleman's grown son and daughter-in-law who are intent upon stashing him in a sterile old age facility well out of the reaches of Etta Mae.

The mad-cap shenanigans that befall all the players are almost over the top. At times I thought I was reading an episode of Three Stooges meets Green Acres. In the end, justice (of a sort) is done, and life goes on.

This is a pleasant, if zany, read that will help while away a pleasant weekend in the upcoming winter. ( )

Etta Mae’s Worst Bad Luck Day by Ann B. Ross is difficult to rate. For me it is a 3.5. This is the first book that I have ever read about a sweet, kind hearted gold digger. She says that all she really wants is the respect but I think the money helps. She hates that people think of her as loose and trailer trash”. She does live in a single wide and is very proud of her floral design sofa which is the highlight of her decor.

When the story started, Etta Mae is a hard working woman who is lousy at picking husbands. She has “bettered” herself” by taking training as a nurse’s assistant. She works for Laurline’s Handy Helpers. That is how she met her fiancé, the notable and well moneyed Howard Connard, Senior. She was his handy helper and is still recovering from a stroke.

The first part of this book seemed to go too slow so I was tempted to give up on it but I stuck it out and was rewarded by some belly laugh producing incidents in this book. There are a lot of stereotypes but the best part of the book is the humor. So if you decide to read it, just know that it gets better as the story goes along. Ann B. Ross is great at description and I could easily imagine all the characters and the “furnishings” in this book.
I would like to read more of Ann B. Ross’s books. ( )

A high energy frolic. Not the Southern accent that I had hoped for in the reader, but she was very engaging and I warmed to her at once. This story takes place in Miss Julia's town, but she has just a cameo appearance. Etta Mae is really from the other side of the tracks. Lots of laughs as the plots twist and turn and jump all over one another. I liked it a lot and hope that there will be more Etta Mae stories. I am grateful to have won this audiobook from LibraryThing. ( )

A fun book! I thoroughly enjoyed this and the ups and downs of Etta Mae's life and loves as well as her sleuthing. An enjoyable read. ( )