#32: Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress

Rob and I spent last week in Bermuda and I read a lot of books.  Of course, I read every day from 9-1 as I lounged by the pool.  Then, since everything in Bermuda closes at 5:00 each day, I spent most nights reading in the hotel room, too.  Lucky for me, I knew where the local book shop was and spent Friday morning browsing the shelves.  Georgia Bottoms was my lucky find.

This book should come with a warning, although reading the back should suffice, because I do think that either the sex or the religion which abound in this book may offend some readers.  Personally, I knew it was a story, and while I have always believed that if you can dream it, it could happen, I took this all with a grain of salt.

Georgia Bottoms is a beautiful 34 year old woman who entertains a different local gentleman in her home every night of the week, except Monday (She gets Monday nights to herself.)  It's the same men each week, but each man has their own night of the week, and their own drawer in her high boy.  The men do not keep things in the drawers, though.  Georgia keeps the little gifts they give her, the pictures they like, and the clothes she wears for each man (all of her props, if you will) in this high boy.  Each man, therefore, believes that he is the only man in her life.  Georgia spends a lot of time washing and drying her sheets and reassembling her bedroom day after day.  It's hilarious. 

But, this meticulous plan of hers goes wrong when her Saturday man, better known as the town minister, decides to come clean and confess his sins (yes, he is married) during a Sunday church service.  The rest of the book is about how Georgia manages to put her life back together (all while managing a mother with dementia, a brother who is in and out of jail, and a secret from her past) and it is fabulous!  I found myself laughing out loud  at this book.  It is a perfect beach bag book and a wonderful read.  I am so glad I took the hour to browse in the Bermuda book store! 

This is one you must read.

Happy reading everyone!
:) Dodie