BLOGWORDS – Tuesday 11 March 2025 – TUESDAY REVIEWS-DAY – BOOK REVIEW – THE WOMEN OF WYNTON’S by DONNA MUMMA
BLOGWORDS – Tuesday 11 March 2025 – TUESDAY REVIEWS-DAY – BOOK REVIEW – THE WOMEN OF WYNTON’S by DONNA MUMMA
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REVIEWS-DAY - BOOK REVIEW – THE WOMEN OF WYNTON’S by DONNA MUMMA
THE BOOK
THE BLURB
Mid-Century Glam Meets Murder Mayhem
Get swept away to the glamor of a 1950’s department store where four women’s
loyalties, vanity, friendship, and detective skills are put to the test.
Audrey
Penault once led a glamorous life as a model but now works as devoted
secretary to Mr. Wynton. To her fellow employees, she is too vain and uppity.
Mary
Jo Johnson, a wife and mother, longs to find her worth in the
cosmetics department, but it may take a while for the shy housewife to discover
her voice.
Vivian
Sheffield owns and runs the bridal salon within Wynton’s. She
is proud of her accomplishments and won’t let anyone take them away.
Gigi
Woodard dislikes her job as waitress in the store’s lunchroom, but she is
determined not to let her secret shortcomings cause her to lose the position.
These four women have much to dislike about each other, but they unanimously
agree that Mr. Wynton is the best of employers and must be protected at all
costs from someone who seems determined to see him gone for good. When other
employee deaths occur, can the women band together to solve the murders, or
will they discover it is one of their own bent on destroying Wynton’s from
within?
THE AUTHOR
Donna Mumma is an award-winning author, a native Floridian, farm kid and dreamer. She was blessed with two wonderful parents who taught her how stories enable readers to learn, escape, connect, and be inspired.
Her writing inspiration comes from the folks she knew growing up in rural Florida. She hails from a small town that was filled with storytellers who spun yarns of hunting trips gone awry, flipped airboats, eccentric relatives, and beloved hunting dogs. These seasoned her childhood and she learned to love a good story filled with twists, turns, and a dash of suspense. Donna now weaves each of these elements into her works of southern fiction.
Growing up on a dairy farm in Florida taught her two important lessons. First, life comes with sunshine and hurricanes. Second, with God’s help, we can flourish in both. She has always been drawn to characters who are bruised and broken but keep pushing forward. These same folks inhabit her story worlds. Before she started writing, she earned her degree in teaching and honed her story-telling skills as a first-grade teacher working to keep antsy six-year-olds enthralled. She believes the best stories grab a reader’s heart and mind and nudge them into discovering something about themselves.
Her debut novel, Fresh Scars, released June of 2021.
MY REVIEW
What a story!
As a little girl (I was born in 1959) there was a magic to the grande department stores like Wynton’s. The displays were a work of art, each department its own little world. And the window displays at Christmas!
This story captures that era and that sentiment perfectly. Right up till the first dead body!
As the story unfolded, I grew to think of Audrey, Mary Jo, Vivian, and Gigi as friends. Friends who banded together to save their beloved boss, and the store itself.
Ms. Mumma tells her story beautifully, tossing in one dead body and one suspect after another, keeping the reader guessing. Is it… Could it be… WHO DUN IT?
With twists and surprises popping up all over the place, this is a great read and a wonderful story.
ROBIN’S FEATHERS
ALL | THE | FEATHERS!
I purchased this book and offer my review of my own free will. The opinions expressed in my review are my own honest thoughts and reaction to this book.
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