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Book Review of Georgia Bottoms

Georgia Bottoms
Georgia Bottoms
Author: Mark Childress
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 3


First of all, you have to love her name - Georgia Bottoms. She is a woman who is trying to hang on to life in the south. She attends church every week. She hosts functions in her home. She doesn't want to admit they have no family money left. She is trying to take care of her mother and her brother, who has a drinking problem. She has made the garage into an artist studio, where people thinks she works on quilts. She doesn't; she has been purchasing them for years and has never SAID they are her creations. People made the assumption and she never denied it. Instead she uses the space to entertain her special men friends, 6 different men, 6 different nights in the week. Every gal deserves a night off, after all. They all leave her gifts and she makes sure each night is geared totally towards them and their needs. The characters are all wonderfully written. Surprise ending!