Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

This was a great book.  It was very entertaining and a quick read.  Cee Cee Honeycutt lives in the north with her mother and father.  Her father is a traveling salesman and her mother has mental problems.  Cee Cee gets stuck taking care of her mother who thinks she is still the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen in Savannah, Georgia.  One day, while her mother is out on a trip to the Goodwill for more pagent dresses, she is struck by a car and killed.  After the funeral, her dad permits CeeCee's rich great aunt Tootie to take CeeCee back to the place where her mother grew up.

At Aunt Tootie's, CeeCee never lacks for love, companionship and a neighborhood that adores her.  Oleeta, Tootie's cook, takes CeeCee under her wing and teaches her all sorts of things like cooking, proper manners and self worth.  Aunt Tootie gives her all the love she has never had.  Little by little, CeeCee learns to enjoy life again  and to enjoy the beautiful place she lives in, and the quirky characters on Gaston St.

This was a great story.  CeeCee turns from a sad, quiet girl, who won't share her problems with anyone, to a strong, confident young lady, able to think for herself.  Readers will also enjoy the descriptions of Savannah in the 60's, from saving historical houses to the wonderful, beautiful gardens.  You can almost smell the honeysuckle and roses.