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    Georgia Bottoms
    Georgia Bottoms
    Georgia Bottoms
    Audiobook7 hours

    Georgia Bottoms

    Written by Mark Childress

    Narrated by Debra Monk

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    A best-selling author of books for adults and children, Mark Childress pens his most outrageous work yet with Georgia Bottoms. The titular heroine is the epitome of the church-going Southern belle, except for one teeny-tiny aspect of her life. Georgia's family inheritance has long since evaporated, and to maintain her genteel lifestyle, Miss Bottoms has taken six affluent lovers-the fly in the ointment being that one is a married preacher who's about to reveal their infidelity to the whole congregation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 23, 2011
    ISBN9781449867560
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    • 2/5
      The premise - though totally, absolutely immoral - sounded very funny. Squibs by Anne Lamott and Stephen King (about a previous book) were stellar. The book fell fall short. I read about 2/3 of the book and still couldn't really figure what the book was about. What it is is a compilation of little vignettes strung together, nothing more.
    • 4/5
      Georgia Bottoms is a strong southern woman from Six Points, Alabama. She’s a skilled cook, attends church without fail, dresses fashionably, takes care of her increasingly forgetful mother and feckless brother, and is a beauty. She also has six men that she “entertains,” each on a different night of the week, without any of them knowing about the other. It all works out until the preacher (Saturday) decides he needs to confess his sins to the congregation. Georgia interrupts that potential disaster, but things begin to go downhill and it looks like her secrets might come to light. This is funny, touching novel with great characters and a certain sweetness to it.
    • 5/5
      A seven-drawer locked dresser....one for each day of the week. What is in each drawer?....well, all the things Georgia needs to make her nightly lovers believe they are the only one....pictures of their mother, their favorite clothes, anything to make them feel "special." When one of the lovers' wives finds out about the affair, nothing to do but empty that drawer....oh well......done. Georgia had enough of this worry for now...she had her September luncheon to think of. She couldn't disappoint the ladies...they looked forward to this luncheon each year, and she certainly couldn't let them know how poor she really was. She hadn't always been poor, and she hadn’t always been the pillar of society either….but then a letter arrived from someone who was keeping a secret for 20 years and who she told there was NO contact allowed whether it was in writing or through a phone call….this definitely wouldn’t work for her. Things were not turning out the way Georgia had planned. Everything ALWAYS went her way...she couldn't have this happen. She will just send more money this time....yes…send more money and it would be taken care of, but then she found another letter as she was cleaning and that changed everything even more. What will she do now? She knew…she always had a plan….and what a great plan. You will love the book....it was funny and had everyday situations that at times we all have to deal with.This book had me laughing from the first page....I knew she was another Scarlet O'Hara even before the author commented about it. I really enjoyed the book, and will definitely be reading his other books. 5/5
    • 3/5
      The product description says it all so the direct quote is … “Georgia Bottoms is known in her small community of Six Points, Alabama, as a beautiful, well-to-do, and devoutly Baptist Southern belle.

      Nobody realizes that the family fortune has long since disappeared, and a determinedly single woman like Georgia needs an alternative, and discreet, means of income. In Georgia's case it is six well-heeled lovers-one for each day of the week, with Mondays off-none of whom knows about the others.

      But when the married preacher who has been coming to call (Saturdays) decides to confess their affair in front of the whole congregation, Georgia must take drastic measures to stop him. In GEORGIA BOTTOMS, Mark Childress proves once again his unmistakable skill for combining the hilarious and the absurd to reveal the inner workings of the rebellious human heart.”

      Not much to say about this book except that it was a fun read.
    • 4/5
      Funny and well written! Instantly I fell for the main character and though the author did an awesome job handling certain issues/topics.
    • 3/5
      Funny, makes me laugh at my home state! even a reference to Andalusia highway
    • 5/5
      Absolutely loved it. Even my husband enjoyed it. We both hope for a sequel and a movie based on the book.
    • 4/5
      Georgia Bottoms is a Scarlett O'Hara for the 21st Century, moving from one near crisis to another balancing equal parts fiddle-de-dee with big-girl-pants-putting-on, all while juggling the responsibility for her ne'er-do-well brother and Rosa Parks obsessed mother. Like Childress' beloved Crazy in Alabama, Georgia Bottoms delights!
    • 1/5
      I felt this is a terrible novel, and not funny at all. The story centers around a 30 single woman that "services" men. She works six days a week and these six men sneak to her house. As the story unravels, Georgia's life of sin falls apart. Since this book was chosen for a book club, I felt I had to finish. The book has no redeeming feature.
    • 3/5
      I had high hopes for this novel! It was an easy and interesting read, but very predicatable. Could have had a better ending!
    • 4/5
      Really enjoyable book that I could not put down. Loved the characters and the setting was very familiar and understandable, if a little out of current time. Recommend it for lovers of southern fiction.
    • 2/5
      Six Points Alabama is one of those smallest of southern towns, where even in the new century, what you do and say will be examined and remembered forever. It's almost like we as the reader know the joke of Georgia's life before she does. Georgia, famous for her fall luncheon, can't figure out why no one is arriving on time one beautiful fall day in September 2001. Finally, she realizes that movie Mama says is being repeated all day isn't a movie. She has gentleman callers for every night of the week, and they all think they're the only one. Georgia's house of cards threatens to fall when the preacher decides he needs to confess his sins. Parts of this book were truly funny, Georgia is like one of those stalwart Southern heroines, ready to tackle any debacle. But, I didn't like that Mama's dementia was a way to trot out every negative Southern stereotype and that really decreased my enjoyment of the book overall.
    • 3/5
      In essence Georgia Bottoms is certainly not your typical protagonist that a reader would cheer on her successes but I could not help but find her likable. She is a stunningly beautiful thirty something Southern belle who lives by her beauty and sexuality in a small town but no one not even her family knows the "true" Georgia.She has most of the town believing that she makes hand-made quilts to support her Mother, brother and secret "black son" who lives in New Orleans; the quilts are actually made by a group of black ladies that live far from Six Point (her home town). Georgia's income is made by entertaining gentlemen friends who believe that she is their mistress. She has five drawers in her "workshop" for each of her lovers. She has been able to keep each man secret until Eugene's, the Preacher, wife discovers their affair. Eugene was about to confess his affair when Georgia faints to stop the confession. This action does not stop the Preacher's wife from theatening to expose for the woman that Georgia really is. Georgia has too much at stake to have her income taken away so she call in a favor to have the Preacher transferred. Georgia is so assured that the transfer will take place that she orders a moving van to the Preacher's house. Following that incident, Georgia's life takes a downhill turn beginning with her yearly ladies brunch which is usually a social calendar must falling on September 11, 2001. As a reader, you can not help from laughing and cheering Georgia on until the last page of the novel which ends in September 2005 on her way to New Orleans...she can not image why everyone is fleeing the city. If you want a funny summer beach read, this is a book that you will read in one day.
    • 5/5
      Mark Childress is funny. At least his books suggest that he is because they are chock full of fun and entertainment and I have never finished one of them without a grin on my face. This is not to say that they are shallow or mindless. It's just that they will keep you happily barreling along the pages with his wacky but delightful characters even as they touch on darker concerns; here these concerns are racism and sexuality, complacency and image. Georgia Bottoms is keeping secrets. Her well-respected family's money long gone, she must support her aging mother and her alcoholic brother who can't seem to stay on the right side of the law as well as send what she can afford to an address out of state for reasons not immediately explained. But just how does a charming, ladylike Southern belle can go about this? Why, she discreetly takes on lovers who come to her once a week and leave her monetary "gifts" for the privilege of her company of course. Georgia manages to keep each of her lovers from knowing about the others, hide her trysts from the town and her mother, and keep up the appearance of goodness that she has cultivated for so long until the preacher's wife discovers just exactly where he has been spending his Saturday nights. The trouble headed off at the pass, Georgia resumes her life, influencing town politics from behind the scenes, organising her annual ladies' tea, and struggling against her mother's creeping dementia and increasing racism. But the dam has broken, the world has changed (9/11 happens during the course of the novel), and some of Georgia's best kept secrets are about to be exposed. Georgia is a performer, acting a role not only with each of her lovers but also acting the role of dutiful daughter, responsible sister, paragon of Southern gentility, pillar of the community, and town darling. She really hasn't had time to figure out who she actually is and it's not until she comes face to face with her past that she has to reach down inside herself and find the kernel of the real person she actually is without regard to what others expect. The plot here is unique and the characters are wonderful. Georgia is charming and delightful and the reader roots for her the entire story, even when she is being intentionally obtuse. Her heart is generally in the right place and the situations in her life are highly entertaining. The story and everything about it is humorous with just the right amount of sass and verve thrown in to make it incredibly appealing. The story keeps moving at a good, consistent pace and ending is about perfect. I wish we could go along with Geogia and see what's next for her. She is a steel magnolia if ever there was one. Fans of Southern fiction have a gem waiting for them in this one.