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Bet Your Bottom Dollar: A Bottom Dollar Girls Novel [Hardcover]

Karin Gillespie (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)


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Book Description

June 22, 2004

Welcome to the Bottom Dollar Emporium of Cayboo Creek, South Carolina, where everything from coconut mallow cookies to Clabber Girl Baking Powder costs only a dollar, and coffee and gossip are free.

For Elizabeth, Mavis, and Attalee -- the Bottom Dollar Girls -- logging nine to five at the Bottom Dollar is not just work time, it's family time. So when news gets out that the Super Saver Dollar Store chain plans to set up shop and run the Bottom Dollar out of town, things go catawampus. Manager Elizabeth, who has a good head for business even though she flunked pin-curling in beauty school, teams up with a crew of dedicated do-gooders bent on saving the Bottom Dollar from the fate of spare change. But when Elizabeth's unlikely new love interest -- who also happens to be Cayboo Creek's wealthiest bachelor -- pitches woo, out come some startling revelations about her past that turn life more than a little interesting for all her friends and neighbors.

Serving up heaping portions of small-town wit and Southern cadence, Bet Your Bottom Dollar crackles with more secrets than a slumber party.


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In a first novel that is guaranteed to please Fannie Flagg and Bailey White fans, Gillespie introduces the Bottom Dollar Girls with a flair for timing and a cheeky southern turn of phrase. Meet Elizabeth Polk, 26, in her natural habitat, the Bottom Dollar Emporium in Cayboo Creek, South Carolina, where she works with widowed store owner Mavis Loomis and Attalee Gaines, who's "knee deep in her eighties." On the mend from a sudden breakup with her fiance and busy cooking up plans to fight the store's competition, Elizabeth isn't looking for romance--but that's what she gets when one of her wealthy customers pushes Timothy Hollingsworth on her, complete with billiard-ball head and Hare Krishna robe. But romance in strange packages is only one of the many surprises in this charming Cinderella story about a feisty "princess" who fights dragons (big business) and wins hearts. Brace for a wild ride chock-full of southern wit and down-home advice from a clutch of quirky characters you will hope to see again soon. Jennifer Baker
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"Use your very last bottom dollar, if you have to. Just BUY THIS BOOK. You will laugh yourself sick and love every minute of it."

-- Jill Conner Browne, The Sweet Potato Queen



"The characters are the kind of steel magnolias who would make Scarlett O'Hara envious."

-- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution



"Laugh out loud...this perfect summer read [will] find permanent beach-house residence."

-- Richmond Times-Dispatch

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (June 22, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743250109
  • ISBN-13: 978-0739453834
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,116,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Karin Gillespie is the author of the Bottom Dollar Girls series published by Simon and Schuster. A DOLLAR SHORT has just been released in paperback and DOLLAR DAZE will be published in August 2006.

Karin lives in Augusta, Georgia.

 

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Southern and Summer Read!, June 9, 2004
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This review is from: Bet Your Bottom Dollar: A Bottom Dollar Girls Novel (Hardcover)
I received Bet Your Bottom Dollar as an ARC a few weeks ago and I absolutely LOVED it. In three days, I have read over 200 pages which is a record for me with a new house and a baby on the way! The characters are just terrific and I love the sayings at the beginnings of each chapter, especially the bumper stickers and the church ones.

Timothy is a fantastic character and I love how he finally came around to tell Elizabeth how he feels after a little prodding! It does remind me of a bit of Fried Green Tomatoes (the comparison I had read somewhere) but also reminds me of Big Stone Gap books (by Adriana Trigiani)--I love those as well!

I even wrote to the author and I am really pleased to know she already has 2 more books like these in the pipeline. She seemed quite appreciative that people were reading her books and I can't wait till the sequel comes out!

Lorraine

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for summer!, July 5, 2004
This review is from: Bet Your Bottom Dollar: A Bottom Dollar Girls Novel (Hardcover)
Like the other reviewers, I got an advanced copy of this novel ~~ and just loved it! This is a sassy and fun reading ~~ where the heroine grows into herself and finds out that one can make lemonade out of lemons!

You have Elizabeth, who was raised by MeeMaw after her mother died. She was born in a small community outside of Augusta, Georgia. She is the manager of a small dollar-type store that is being threatened by a big superstore coming to the area. Gathering her resources, Elizabeth convinces her friends and family to fight the superstore. And along the way, Elizabeth finds true love and the deep secret of her past.

This is a fun, witty novel about friendship, family, and love. It's a great read ~~ the quotes at the beginning of each chapter is fun and the writing flows like a conversation between friends. So if I were you, I'd grab a glass of iced tea and this book ~~ go sit somewhere outside and enjoy this funny story. It's a perfect read for summer!

7-6-04

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good first effort, June 18, 2004
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This review is from: Bet Your Bottom Dollar: A Bottom Dollar Girls Novel (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed this book. I liked the author's phrasing. I really felt like I was "in" Cayboo Creek. I really liked Elizabeth - I could really empathize with her. I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
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Patsy Ann, Cayboo Creek, Bottom Dollar Emporium, Super Saver, Timothy Hollingsworth, Wagon Wheel, Summit Club, Alice Faye, Elizabeth Polk, Hollingsworth Paper Cups, Main Street, Rock of Ages Baptist Church, Tuff Luck Tavern, Dwayne Polk, South Dakota, Clip Jenkins, Daisy Hollingsworth, Gracie Tobias, Mule Pen Road, Hank Bryson, Methodist Church, South Carolina, Reverend Hozey, Hilton Head, Courtney Cooper
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