Fairhope author Leslie Anne Tarabella’s encounter with a pushy attendee at the 2015 “Lighting of the Trees” celebration sparked a blog post, media attention including articles in AL.com at the time, and a slogan that continues to resonate and inspire nine years later.

“People of all age, all over town, were calling out to me, ‘We don’t push in Fairhope!’” Tarabella writes in her new book, released on Oct. 8 and which can be found at numerous booksellers in the area and at leslieannetarabella.com.