Savannah Comes Undone

by Denise Hildreth Jones

Book Overview

Fans of Savannah from Savannah will rejoice to see this hilarious heroine back in her second laugh-out-loud romantic adventure.

Savannah, Georgia, is in an uproar when Savannah's drama queen mother chains herself to a town landmark and becomes the lead story on the six o'clock news. A mortified Savannah stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the spectacle--she's got enough to do with a new job, moving into her own apartment, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849944562
• ISBN13: 9780849944567
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Avoid my Mom, avoid myself

In her second of the Savannah series, Denise Hildreth scores high marks once again. While the first book focused on Savannah's post college homecoming, job search and identity crisis, this book took us further along the path of a young woman who has gotten a new dream but is still struggling with putting the old dream to rest. Torn between laughter and tears the whole reading, Savannah hits home in her dealing with her mother's fanatical response to censorship by attempting pure avoidance tactics coupled with the desire to hang on to the comfortable past (even if it really is over and even if the present is SO much better). Even though she is mortified by Victoria's behavior, deep down Savannah is really proud of her Mom. She and her Mom are enough alike and enough different that they clash. Savannah has strong opinions but expresses them very differently from Victoria, something which doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated. My Mom and I are like Savannah and Victoria...fiercely proud of one another while clashing not so slightly from time to time. WHile this read provided so many fun visuals and hillarious situations that I had to quit drinking my Coke because I kept staining the pages of my book with my laughter induced sprays, it went a step deeper and did some "tilling" in my heart. The leaving of a lasting impact is the mark of really great writing. Everyone should read this book for a great glimpse into the female coming of age process (especially in the South) that hooks you with laughter and keeps you with depth. Way to go, Denise!

Savannah

I read reviews here quite often and find it humorous that someone could be offended by a book. If you don't like it put it down. But I can assure you, if you aren't looking to find the answers to the theory of reletivity, or or the Earth's buoyancy ratio in relation to Mars, then you will enjoy this book. Read the free first chapter here and see what you think. If you don't consider your time to be as important as the Almighty's, then lean back and laugh a little. I know I did.

A humorous novel that asks people to question the boundaries of their comfort zones

Denise Hildreth, author of SAVANNAH FROM SAVANNAH, returns with another tongue-in-cheek, highly entertaining fictional account of those pampered residents ranking in the higher society of Savannah, Georgia. Newly hired reporter Savannah Phillips is mortified when she learns that her always socially conscious mother, Victoria Phillips, the former Miss Georgia United States of America (doesn't that say it all?), is chained to the monument of the Ten Commandments in the center of town. Sensing that this very visible and quite likely socially degrading stance may affect her family's standing, Savannah reacts with abject mortification. Savannah's brother consoles her with the thought that now she has a story to write, a personal, familial drama, in fact. Contemplating this turn of events, Savannah's mood sours when she realizes that for every hour her mother spends chained to the monument, life at home will sputter and stop. Meals, clean clothes, and a tidy house all fail to function without the ultimate competent mother at the helm. Convinced that her mom will never survive the elements --- weather notwithstanding, but going without all the required perks every socially refined Southern woman takes for granted --- Savannah is surprised to witness her mother's inner-strength to stay at the task at hand for reasons of principle. Days and nights pass, and Savannah watches in awe at how fervently devoted her mother is to this personal cause. Savannah, on the other hand, finds herself, her inner self, lacking and is frequently defensive toward anyone who offers a mild suggestion that she take another look. With a new job to adjust to, a handsome co-worker who won't take "no" for an answer, and an old flame who is now marrying another woman, Savannah's nerves are about as jangled as they could be. She frets and stews and tries to make sense of her mother's sudden willingness to risk being "seen" without all the accompanying frills in order to make a public point. With her Kate Spade mules and other nameworthy gifts from her mom, Savannah wrestles again and again with life choices and letting go of the past. In short, Savannah is thrust into growing up. The key question is: Does Savannah want to grow up, or will she stay put in her childhood fantasyland of being catered, pampered and indulged? Tempting as it might be, Savannah, ever so slowly, allows life's hardships to penetrate, and when it does, emotions run wild. Hildreth combines all the comedic savvy required in this high-drama life of Savannah Phillips. She exaggerates Savannah's woes, yet does so in a way that readers will find humorous and sort of sad. Readers likely will not relate to Savannah so much as pity her shallowness and then applaud her baby steps toward maturity. In the process, female readers will ask themselves a few questions about seeing past the outside of a person and quizzing their own hearts about how much they'd be willing to step outside their comfort zone in the name of rig

Amazing!

Ahh, good times. Savannah just got better. This book, Savannah Comes Undone, starts like a day after book one. Good times. Savannah, who was far too busy insulting her hot co-worker Joshua North and sharing her food with some seemingly homeless lady, Joy, to go visit her mother, who was cheerfully chained to a monument of the 10 Commandments outside of the courthouse. Now, if you think that it sounds strange, then obviously you don't know Vicky - I mean, Victoria Phillips. Seriously, strangely enough it sounds like something she would do. Poor Savannah, on the other hand, can't believe that Vicky (I mean, Victoria) would dare spend a night *gasp* outside! Well, not only does Vicky (Um, Victoria) spend a night outside, she spends like a week outside. Accompanied by a bunch of fellow Savannah citizens who decided that actively doing something (namely sleeping in the middle of town while being watched by the nation) was better then just sitting and watching the festivities. Savannah, of course, realizes that her mother really does have something here... and is actually nice to her mother - once - right at the end of the book. Wow, I think maybe she really is growing up. I really appreciated all the deepness in the book. Yes, it was mostly humor, but it got deep at times. A good deep, mind you, but deep. I was amazed that all the men in the book were so... deep. Thomas actually sorta knew what he was talking about, Gregory (who I was so excited to see again! That guy is awesome!) realized something that Savannah hasn't yet realized, and most people either didn't know or didn't care to talk about, and Joshua was just too observant then he should be. Joshua was actually mostly level-headed in this book. Almost, anyhow. Great book - but the dog deserves to die. Duke, no matter that he may be entirely human and even read the paper on Sundays when the family is at church, is just too much. If by too much I mean he is lazy and no good. But hilarious. Oh, and there is this tiny unrealistic even where the presidents limo driver can't drive. As far as I can see, that isn't muchly realistic. But other then that little fact, the book rocks. This child sure knows how to write. And write realisticly. Very realisticly, I mean the whole book was written like she was, well, telling a story. Ahh, good times.

Worth The Wait!!!

Well, thank the Lord I finally finished Savannah Comes Undone, because now I can sleep and my husband won't be harping on me to turn the light off in the bed. Ms. Hildreth kept me up for three nights straight, but I can honestly say it was completely worth the wait. I laughed with Savannah again. I cried with Savannah again. I laughed until I cried with Savannah again. It's rare you get to read a sequel that causes you to wonder if it is possibly better than the first. But I think it just might have been. Thank you for giving us a chance to see these people again. I felt slightly "undone" without them for the past year.