Patti Lavell: 2 books

“Confessions” is a flippant tale about an outspoken, unorthodox girl growing up in a strict, Irish Catholic home. Laugh-out-loud humor helps soften the hard truths about Patti Anne's unusual life and the cast of unbalanced, sometimes cruel, characters around her. Mustached nuns, botched Confessions,...

“Fat Chance” takes place in the Florida Keys, a location famous for odd characters and quirky behavior. A steady diet of warm, tropical breezes and frozen drinks brings out the strangest things in people; sometimes even murder. Daphne Schneider has been made fun of most of her life, even...