kud • zu kud-zü n: a ubiquitous vine/weed found in
Southern climes that, left uncontrolled, will grow over
any fixed object in its path, including trees, power
lines, and the entire state of Georgia.
deb•u•tante de-byu-tänt n: a young woman making a
debut into society, easily spotted in white dress and
pearl necklace. Common names include Muffy, Bootsy, and
Bunny.
Eadie Boone is no shrinking violet. An
artist and former beauty queen who married into one of the
first families of Ithaca, Georgia, she tackles everything
with gusto and flair. But tailing her wayward husband
proves to be, well, an exasperating chore. If only Trevor
would just see the light, dump his twenty-two-year-old
hussy, and return home, Eadie’s creative energy could be
put to better use. Now all she has to do is convince
him.
Nita Broadwell, a good Southern girl from a
good Southern family, is jolted out of complacency when
she discovers condoms in her husband’s shirt pocket
(“Maybe he’d found them on the ground and picked them
up”). Between clinging to denial and dodging her
overbearing mother-in-law, Nita is also trying to break
her addiction to steamy bodice-ripper novels. Only now it
appears she’s authoring her own real-life romance tale
with a hunky handyman thirteen years her junior.
Lavonne Zibolsky–a transplanted Yankee, bless her
heart–is saddled with planning the annual Broadwell &
Boone law firm party. That and her lackluster marriage
have her seeking solace in the contents of her
refrigerator. If she could just put down the Rocky Road
ice cream and peach pie, she might get around to finding a
caterer, dropping sixty pounds, and figuring out how to
fall in love with her husband again. Not necessarily in
that order.
Bonded by years of friendship, these
three women discover what else they have in common: lying,
cheating spouses. So they heed their collective betrayals
as a wake-up call and band together to exact sweet
revenge. The take-charge trio will see to it that the
punishment is just, exquisitely humiliating, and downright
hilarious.
Cathy Holton’s debut novel is a
delicious yarn of friendship and marriage, secrets and
retribution, and how nothing stays hidden for long.
Against a Southern backdrop of gentility and decorum,
Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes dares to abandon Junior
League social graces in ways that would make even Scarlett
O’Hara blush.
"It’s great fun reading about
these women as they trade their tea for tequila and get
smart, get out, and get even, with amusing, and surprising
results." --Nancy Thayer, author of The Hot Flash
Club
"Sly, smart, and full of great characters -
- and then there’s that sweet, sweet revenge. Getting even
has never been so creative. Or delicious." --Louise
Shaffer, author of The Ladies of Garrison Gardens
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