There's a (slight) chance I might be going to Hell - Laurie Notaro

The first novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure
Club is a rollicking tale of small-town peculiarity, dark secrets, and one extraordinary
beauty pageant.

When her husband is offered a post at a small university, Maye is
only too happy to pack up and leave the relentless Phoenix heat for the lush green
quietude of Spaulding, Washington. While she loves the odd little town, there is
one thing she didn't anticipate: just how heartbreaking it would be leaving her friends
behind. And when you're a childless thirtysomething freelance writer who works at
home, making new friends can be quite a challenge.

After a series of false starts
nearly gets her exiled from town, Maye decides that her last chance to connect with
her new neighbors is to enter the annual Sewer Pipe Queen Pageant, a kooky but dead-serious
local tradition open to contestants of all ages and genders. Aided by a deranged
former pageant queen with one eyebrow, Maye doesn't just make a splash, she uncovers
a sinister mystery that has haunted the town for decades.

"[Laurie Notaro] may be
the funniest writer in this solar system."-The Miami Herald