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 George 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. Perhaps no region of America is caricaturized through stereotypes as thoroughly and nakedly as the South. In Georgia Bottoms, Childress indulges these stereotypes more than he challenges them. Here the reader finds the hypocritical Baptist preacher, the gossipy congregation, and the femme fatale in impeccable dress. It is awfully hot outside, and the townspeople could not be politer. Of course, everyone is talking behind everyone else�s back. This is problematic, as the story�s conflict comes from the protagonist�s struggle to juggle a coterie of paramours, one of whom�the reader discovers early�is the guilt-stricken preacher. All of this can be more cute than entertaining, especially in dialogue, where one finds few surprises. Childress is perhaps most charming between jokes; occasionally, in drawing a simple setting, he dazzles: �The old town seemed suddenly lovely: long green lawns stretched out under live oaks, sprinklers chattering, flinging arcs of bright glitter. Some of the clapboard cottages were as old as the live oaks. Kids made skateboard racket on the broken sidewalks.� --Kevin Clouther This is Mark Childress' seventh novel, and it is a doozy. The simple act of reading "Georgia Bottoms" releases tension; buttons are undone, shoes kicked off -- man, is it hot. --Los Angeles Times In this hilarious Southern-fried novel, belle Georgia Bottoms cuts a sassy swath through the town... Riffs on small-town hypocrisy and racial tensions enliven the plot, but i t's the unsinkable Georgia who makes the book delicious . --People magazine Georgia Bottoms is our heroine, and the novel lives mostly in her marvelously goodhearted but teeming and scheming mind. S killfully crafted, memorable and amusing. Georgia, good-looking and devious, is a compelling character . --Associated Press The title of this novel from Childress (One Mississippi, 2006, etc.) refers to a person rather than to a place-- and what a memorable character she turns out to be. --Kirkus Reviews One of the most irresistible liars to ever whip up a batch of pimento cheese sandwiches, the irreverent Georgia allows Childress to poke delicious fun at a number of sacred cows....an incomparable ear for dialogue. --Atlanta Journal-Constitution I love all my characters, but I have a special place in my heart for Georgia Bottoms.  She is every bit as brilliant as she is ignorant.  She is full of contradictions but always tries to do her best.  She is searching for meaning in the world, and looks to ants for lessons.  I confess that I love her a little more than most of the people I've invented in my books.  Spending time in her company was exhilarating.  I hope you enjoy reading her story. Thanks for reading!  Mark Childress Georgia Bottoms may be Six Points, Alabama's finest feature--beautiful, worldly, a splendid cook and faithful churchgoer who cares for her aged mother and sells handmade quilts to her grateful neighbors. Georgia also has a discreet side business, "entertaining" six local gentlemen at night. Judge Barnett on Sunday, Sheriff Allred on Friday, the doctor on Wednesday (Monday's are Georgia's own). Each gentleman gets a night tailored to his particular tastes; each has been trained to leave a "gift" to help Georgia get by, and each one thinks he is Georgia's only secret lover. When Preacher Eugene Hendrix (Saturdays) decides he must confess their affair in front of his wife and the entire congregation, Georgia may be able to stop him in time. But one pin pulled out of her elaborately protected life may be all it takes to send the whole structure to hell in a hurry. Chin high, posture perfect, her Chanel handbag firmly clasped in her hand, Georgia sets out to save herself, her mama, and her particular notion of virtue from total ruin. Nothing in Six Points will ever be the same. Written with hilarity, insight, and affection for the many failings of man - and womankind, Georgia Bottoms plumbs the irrepressible workings of the rebellious human heart. It is proof anew of why Stephen King called Childress's previous novel, One Mississippi, "the funniest novel I have read in ten years!" "Move over, Flannery