Little Bitty Lies - Audio CD - Abridged Author:Mary Kay Andrews, Debra Monk (Narrator) In a suburban Atlanta neighborhood where divorce is as rampant as kudzu, Mary Bliss McGowan doesn't notice that her own marriage is in trouble until the summer night she finds a note from her husband, telling her he's gone. Stunned and humiliated, a desperate Mary Bliss, left behind with seventeen-year-old daughter, Erin, and a mountain ... more »of debt, decides to salvage what's left of her life by telling one little bitty lie. At first she simply tells friends and family that Parker is out of town on a consulting job. Then, the lies start to snowball, until Parker turns up dead. Or does he?
Mary Bliss's formerly staid existence careens into overdrive as she copes with an oversexed teenager, an elderly mother-in-law with strange delusions, and the sudden but delicious shock of finding herself pursued by two men -- the next-door neighbor who's looking for a suitable second wife, and a dangerously attractive ex-cop who's looking for the truth about Parker McGowan. Little Bitty Lies is a comic Southern novel about all the important things in life: marriage and divorce, mothers and daughters, friendship and betrayal, small-town secrets, and one woman's lifelong quest for home. And the perfect recipe for chicken salad.
Audio Review: Mary Bliss McGowan has a problem: Her husband has refinanced their house, cashed in their life insurance, emptied their bank accounts, and run off with every dime. Narrator Debra Monk takes listeners through the Atlanta woman's creative solution, which is to have her wayward partner declared dead. Monk applies an appropriately light air to this comic novel and vocalizes the characters with realistic Southern accents. She lends authentic grumpiness to Mary Bliss's senile mother-in-law and a few elongated syllables to the voice of her best friend, Katherine. As Mary Bliss faces the possible consequences of her situation, Monk brings in a degree of hysteria. Listeners will laugh all the way to a happy ending. -- AudioFile