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Boo! What would Gracie Lee do?

October 26, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

Boo! What would Gracie do?

(source: Buzzfeed)

What would Gracie Lee do? With Halloween only days away, she would spend all afternoon scheming up a costume using items in her closet. A hobo? A witch? Maybe a gypsy?

Gracie Lee has a colorful imagination and uses it to entertain herself. Sometimes it gets her out of tight spots. Sometimes, like that one certain Halloween, her imagination causes big trouble.

Last year, Momma sewed special costumes for Gracie and her little sister, but not this year. This year, Momma is too busy. Momma doesn’t have a teacher job or a job at the bank like the lady who counts money, but she stays plenty busy doing stuff around the house that no one else wants to do. Things like sweeping and cooking supper and hanging laundry on the clothesline. Her biggest job is keeping Daddy happy. That’s full-time work.

But back to Halloween.

Gracie thinks Halloween is one of the neatest holidays mainly because of all the free candy. And pretending to be someone or something besides a farm girl from Arkansas is a nice escape, even if only for one night.

Happy Vintage Halloween

Look for The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee,
soon to be released by SYP Publishing!

(For other posts about my upcoming novel, click on the BOOK tab on the blog menu and follow my author page on Facebook.

Talya Tate Boerner
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

Musical Pairing:

Dusty Springfield, Spooky

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Gracie Lee, Halloween, The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee, The Seventies, vintage Halloween

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Comments

  1. Barbara Tate says

    October 26, 2015 at 9:49 am

    Can’t wait to read ALL about Gracie Lee. I want to hold that book in my hands: THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 26, 2015 at 5:27 pm

      me too!

  2. Renee says

    October 26, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    Can’t wait and excellent musical pairing

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 26, 2015 at 5:27 pm

      Thank you, Renee! I appreciate it!

  3. Jan says

    October 26, 2015 at 3:11 pm

    Can’t wait to get this!!

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 26, 2015 at 5:27 pm

      Thank you, Jan!

  4. Dorothy Johnson says

    October 27, 2015 at 7:30 am

    These teasers are perfect! Wherever did you get that first picture? Brilliant!

  5. Beth @GrannyBeth3 says

    October 30, 2015 at 9:33 am

    Can’t wait for more Gracie Lee!

  6. Anna Palmer says

    October 30, 2015 at 10:56 am

    Love the musical pairing! Both the idea and the pairing itself.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 31, 2015 at 6:48 am

      Thank you!


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

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BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

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