Confessions of a Recovering Slut: And Other Love Stories

OK, I admit I bought this book on a whim, and purely from the cover illustration (I know, I know...), but I don't regret it for a minute! I can't tell you how many people I've reccomended this book to. This is not the kind of book you should read out in public alone. I laughed so hard at her writing that I'm sure people thought I was some nutjob. It was well written, dryly funny, and great for picking up and putting down so you can read it on a break at work. It speaks to the 30 something woman that I am without being the dreaded Chick Lit fluff. I loved it and can't wait to get Bleachy Haired Honky Bitch!

You know a great book when you turn the last page and close the cover, and you're actually sad--bereft, even--that it's over. It's like one of those short-term, highly intense relationships in high school or college, where you discover a soul mate, spend all your time together, quickly learn all there is to know--and you still want more. I'm already missing my new BFF (even is she has no idea)(and this might make me a stalker?), after spending time almost every day for the last two weeks with Hollis Gillespie in her wild, wacky, wonderful world with Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch and the sequel, Confessions of a Recovering Slut. In Bleachy-Haired, Hollis finally found her place in the world after an itinerant childhood, created a new family out of a very eccentric cast of characters, and bought her first house--in a dangerous crack neighborhood in South Atlanta. And then she got pregnant, which is the basis of Confessions: pregnancy, single parenting, facing fears and the future, more dysfunctional family & friendships, and finding a new house in a safer neighborhood. Hollis is hysterical--I can hardly wait for the third book in her "Bitch/Slut/Whore" series. You GO, Girl--again. Sherri Caldwell, co-author, The Rebel Housewife Rules: To Heck With Domestic Bliss!

I agree with the Miami Herald Tribune when they said, "Hollis Gillespie deserves the Pulitzer Prize." I bought this book after reading that review, and while reading the book I must say I never laughed out loud so many times in one sitting. Gillespie will have you cracking up one minute and crying the next, and it's a roller coaster you'll gladly ride again and again. I found her pieces on the corrupt conditions in her neighborhood particularly poignant, and her humorous accounts of her efforts to protect her daughter from the criminal elements to be masterfully honed hilarity tinged with heartbreak. It left me wanting more, so I'm definitely buying her first book and hoping she'll write many others.

Hollis Gillespie's second book might just be even better than her first one, if that's even possible. Her sassy way of words leaves me wanting MORE..Her characters Lary, Daniel & Grant are all certifiably crazy but with the best intentions. Hollywood needs to turn this book into a sitcom for HBO or Showtime. I love Hollis Gillespie, I love her style of writing and I have a feeling there will be more books to follow and if we are all lucky maybe we'll see Hollis's book turned into a Golden Globe award winning show for tv . Keep writing Miss. Gillespie.