Good stories
for good people.
New release now available!
Author of We Don't Push in Fairhope. Good stories for good people.
On Sale October 8, 2024
About the Book
We Don't Push in Fairhope is a delightful collection of humorous and heartwarming tales of the people and places that make Fairhope, Alabama, unique. Ranked as a #1 Bestseller by Amazon in both travel and Southern humor categories, this book has struck a chord with people from all areas, not just the South, proving the love for home is universal.
A mix of travelogue and memoir, We Don't Push in Fairhope provides readers with an inside glimpse of a small town with quirky folks, walking school busses, costume-wearing dogs and kind people who would never push.
About Leslie Anne
With humor, charm and a tug at your heartstrings, author Leslie Anne Tarabella will give you a story that makes you smile.
Latest Blog Posts
Rest in peace, Dirty Santa
Click the link in the blue header above to join behind the scenes newsletters – only every now and then. Not enough to be put on the naughty list! Can we please agree to put an end to the overly dramatic, overdone game of Dirty Santa? Years, maybe even decades ago,…
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Use the good china
A version of this story can be found in my book, Exploding Hushpuppies— More Stories from Home. My brother and I were settled deep into the orange shag carpet watching The Brady Bunch, when we heard an enormous crash. My mother, who had fortunately stepped into the garage for a moment,…
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The Southern Christmas Queen
From 2016 – which was a very sparkly year. New photos from 2025 Hope Blooms Christmas Home Tour, Fairhope, Alabama You know her well. There’s at least one in each family and several in each neighborhood . . . the ultimate Southern Christmas Queen. Not content with only one measly Christmas…
Read MorePraise for Leslie Anne's Writing
Leslie Anne’s writing is like potato chips because when I read her stories I can’t put the book down.
I keep reading another
and another.
—Andy Andrews, NYT bestselling author
It’s as if Erma Bombeck met Scarlett O’Hara and raised an orphan writer on the Florida Panhandle then sent her to South Alabama.
—Alan Samry
Leslie Anne’s writing is rather calming, the kind of calm that goes with fasting from social media… and listening to Dolly Parton or Debussy.
—Bruce Collier, editor,
DeFuniak Herald
'Bout to be laughing out loud to Leslie Anne Tarabella's Exploding Hushpuppies, 'cause there's nobody funnier than a Southern girl! I chuckled so hard at your
ice maker story!
—3 friends and a fork blog
There’s a bit of eccentricity and craziness...
—The Beach Herald
Laughed and cried at the
same time. Leslie Anne is a wonderful writer and a superb teller of Southern Tales showing her subjects with great empathy and humor.
You will love her stories!
—Chris D.
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