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U.S. Senator Katie Britt’s memoir, “God Calls Us to Do Hard Things: Lessons from the Alabama Wiregrass,” published this week.

The book finds Britt, the first Alabama woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, telling her truth over 288 pages.

Chapter titles include “A Leap of Faith,” “From Failure to Finding My Way,” “The Way You Treat People Matters,” and “Class Never Goes Out of Style.”

The ascendent Republican’s perspectives on faith, family and country form the book’s axis. There are also glimpses into less political aspects of Britt the human being.

For example, in the chapter titled “Don’ Be a Titled Holder, Be a Change Agent,” Britt delves into her favorite restaurants growing up in Enterprise, Alabama.

Of local meat-and-three Cutts Restaurant, Britt, writes, “Their lima beans are still my favorite.” She calls Effie’s Grill her favorite Mexican restaurant. “I could practically drink the salsa with a straw,” Britt writes in her book.

The 41-year-old also fondly remembers walking up to local pharmacy Bryars-Warren Drug Company for ice cream. “As a child, I loved getting ice cream at the counter while we waited for a prescription to be filled.”

Britt, who’s also an attorney, succeeded iconic Alabama politician Richard Shelby in the Senate. She’s married to former University of Alabama football standout Wesley Britt, who’s from Cullman.

In her book, she writes, “The area surrounding Cullman boasts some of the best no-frills barbecue you’re ever have. Top Hat Barbecue, located just to the south of Hanceville across the county line in Blount Springs, in one of my favorite places to eat in Alabama to this day.”

Britt also gives a shout-out to Hanceville’s Luna’s Bar-B-Que, and the “old-fashioned soda fountain and handspun milkshakes” at Hanceville Drug Company.

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