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Deep Fried and Pickled
Deep Fried and Pickled | Paisley Ray
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Book one of THE RACHAEL O'BRIEN CHRONICLES introduces Rachael O'Brien, whose plan to study Art History turns into a laugh-out-loud romp of misadventure. It's 1986, the era of Pop Rocks, Jelly shoes, and big hair rockbands when she enrolls in a southern college intending to earn a degree, party, and meet cute guys--hopefully acing the latter two. She has barely had time to acquaint herself to the dorm food before finding herself threatened by a jealous She-Devil, fending off the advances of a thirty-something redneck, and stumbling upon an art fraud scheme. To top things off, her parents go their separate ways: her mom to follow a psychic calling; her dad adrift in his midlife crisis. Bad decision-making, law-bending behavior, and surprise romances make freshman year memorable in Paisley Ray's DEEP FRIED AND PICKLED.
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The cover synopsis states that “its 1986, the era of pop rocks, jelly shoes, and big hair rock bands”. So i was lured in by the hope for some heavy duty nostalgia and pop culture references, alá Ready Player One. This book started out as a coming of age, inexperienced girl dipping her toes into the pools of college debauchery and about 3/4 of the way in, morphed into a full-on Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys mystery. Barely escaped my DNF pile.