For Heaven's sake...Never let God get in the way of a good story. Good Christian Bitches is the lighthearted tale of Amanda Vaughn, a recently divorced mother of two. To get a fresh start, she moves back to the affluent Dallas neighborhood where she grew up. In an Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Desperate Housewives on steroids style, her old friends are already out to destroy her reputation. In the whirling midst of salacious gossip, Botox, and fraud, Amanda turns to those who love her and the faith she's always known. Will the Good Christian Bitches get the best of her, or will everyone see that these GCBs are as counterfeit as their travel jewelry?
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Dallas native Kim Gatlin has spent most of her professional life in the fields of charitable fundraising and commercial real estate title sales. She lives in the Park Cities area of Dallas with her two children, Austin and Lauren. This is her first book.
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74 of 90 people found the following review helpful
By Avid reader
Format:Hardcover
I lost intrest in the machinations of the shallow protagonists of this strange story early on, but kept reading thinking there would be a turning point and at least one redeeming character, or value, would be introduced. It never happened. The value system of every single character is based on money, "marriage-ability" and expensive clothing labels. This book made me, as the reader, feel sullied for having read it.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Don Young
Format:Hardcover
I picked this book up at Half Price Books and thought that it would be a very cool read. What I got was a bland, semi-humorous book about women in an affluent Dallas suburb. To be honest, I was reading this as a "fluff" book, and it did have its funny moments, but they were far between. There was very little in character development, which was fine as all of these women had no character, aside from being shallow and self-rightous. I think the worst part of this whole book was that the ending fell flat...as in there really was no ending. It just ended. Maybe the author ran out of time before deadline???
I do not know that I would recommend this book to a friend, unless they needed something to level out a piece of furniture. The title offered so much....and the book could not fulfill it.
I do not know that I would recommend this book to a friend, unless they needed something to level out a piece of furniture. The title offered so much....and the book could not fulfill it.
37 of 47 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting if you live in Texas...if not, shallow gets old -- fast
November 7, 2010
By casaguijo
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
For those who live in Texas, and are familiar with the prototype of "Hillside Park," the local references (and sterotypes) are a bit amusing -- at first. All the characters get old, fast. The perpetrators are on one hand, conniving, but on the other victims of the caste system into which they were born. The heroine -- well, I found it hard to feel sympathy for a woman who was raised with a gigantic silver spoon in her mouth -- even with a cheating husband. It was so formulaic...in the end, those with wealth (again) trumped those who were working for a living...not a happy ending, in my book! A truly amateurish effort.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Watch the show. Forget the book.
I loved the tv show but the book does not compare. The characters aren't the same with the possible exception of Amanda. Read more
Published 12 months ago by laika
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Read and Hilariously Funny
I ordered this book because the title caught my attention. The setting of this book is based in Texas, but it translates universally regarding hypocrisy, betrayal, slander and... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kyle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wish there was a sequel
I LOVED this book! If you like darker stories this isn't for you, it's clearly not for a lot of people...obviously if you don't like the title you're not going to like the book!! Read more
Published 13 months ago by Morgan
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst read ever
Wish I had not wasted my time and money! I have watched the television show that is based on the book. For once the show is better than book. My opinion.
Published 13 months ago by DEBBIE FARLEY
1.0 out of 5 stars
What an offensive horrible title for a book
The title of this book is incredibly disrespectful to women and Christians-shockingly so in my opinion. Would not buy it based on the title.
Published 14 months ago by Maire Threasa
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cute
I got this book to read it in preparation for ABC's "GBC" - Which is a lot better than the book. While it's not a great book, it's also not a horrible book. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Sarah Beth
1.0 out of 5 stars
Simply awful. Poorly written & uninteresting.
I picked this up looking forward to a fun, superficial trashy read. I read all kinds of things, classic literature, non-fiction and even trashy dish type novels. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dancinqueen
1.0 out of 5 stars
bad books
This book was so bad, it was painful to read; I didn't finish it. Something this awful can only go to print because of family connections or self-publishing.
Published 15 months ago by Joanne Groshardt
5.0 out of 5 stars
Accurate Representation of the Deep South
I bought the soft cover version of this book at the bookstore after devouring the first forty pages before I even walked out of the building. Read more
Published 15 months ago by CelticWomanFanPiano
5.0 out of 5 stars
I loved this book!
This book was very good. Very captivating. I have read quite a genre of books, to know what is good and what is not worth reading. Read more
Published 16 months ago by LenaJosina Wills
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