{"product_id":"9781940976730","title":"Bet Your Bottom Dollar","description":"WARM AND WITTY, A FEAST FOR THE HEART ...\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the Bottom Dollar Emporium in Cayboo Creek, South Carolina, where everything from coconut mallow cookies to Clabber Girl Baking Powder costs a dollar but the coffee and gossip are free. For the Bottom Dollar gals, work time is sisterhood time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen news gets out that a corporate dollar store is coming to town, the women are thrown into a tizzy, hoping to save their beloved store as well their friendships. Meanwhile the manager is canoodling with the town's wealthiest bachelor and their romance unearths some startling family secrets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first in a series, Bet Your Bottom Dollar serves up a heaping portion of small town Southern life and introduces readers to a cast of eccentric characters. Pull up a wicker chair, set out a tall glass of Cheer Wine, and immerse yourself in the adventures of a group of women who the Atlanta Journal-Constitution calls, \"...the kind of steel magnolias who would make Scarlett O'Hara envious.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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...Brace for a wild ride chock-full of Southern wit and downhome advice from a clutch of quirky characters you will hope to see again soon.\" - Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A winner of a first novel, filled with Southern-style zingers and funny folks.\" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The characters are the kind of steel magnolias who would make Scarlett O'Hara envious.\" - Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Laugh out loud...this perfect summer read [will] find permanent beach-house residence.\" - Richmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What a delight! Bet Your Bottom Dollar is warm and witty, a feast for the heart.\" - Jennifer Chiaverini, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Elm Creek Quilts Novels \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This laugh-out-loud tale serves up Southern-fried humor with a spicy 'Steel Magnolia' kick... One would be hard-pressed to find any flaws in this carefully crafted work that reads as if your best friend was giving you the low-down on the latest gossip.\" - Savannah Morning News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks in the Bottom Dollar Southern Fiction Series:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR (#1)\u003cbr\u003eA DOLLAR SHORT (#2) February 2015\u003cbr\u003eDOLLAR DAZE (#3) May 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the Henery Press Chick Lit Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Bio: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarin Gillespie is national bestselling author of five novels and a humor columnist for Augusta Magazine. Her nonfiction writing had been in the New York Times, The Writer Magazine and Romantic Times. She maintains a website and blog at Karingillespie.net. Sign up for her newsletter on her website, follow her on Twitter or connect with her on Facebook.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henery Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051095015664,"sku":"9781940976730","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940976730_p0.jpg?v=1763755256","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940976730","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}