The Tiara Club [Paperback]

Grab your sparkliest tiara, blend your favorite fruity drink, and get ready to laugh and cry with the women of the Tiara Club.

Georgia Elliott grew up in a small Gulf town full of Southern charm---and a superefficient grapevine---so the few secrets she's managed to keep are precious, including that she invented TV's hottest new kitchen gadget, the Miracle Chef. A second-generation beauty queen, Georgia turns to women she knows she can trust to keep her secret from her controlling society mama: the Tiara Club. All the members are veterans of the pageant circuit, but they've just admitted one woman who doesn't fit in---a Yankee who's never taped her breasts or smeared glue on her butt to wow the judges. And this year the Tiara Club is determined to help this outsider win the coveted Shrimp Queen crown. Add in an impending wedding and the club's attempts to keep Georgia's secret, and the women of the Tiara Club have to do all they can to hold on to their poise, their friendships, and their senses of humor.

1. Georgia appreciates the benefits of her small town, but living there means she also has to make sacrifices. Do you empathize with the lengths she goes to in order to conceal her secrets? If not, why? What would you have done?
2. Georgia's mother is obsessed with holding on to her power over her daughterin the little as well as the big things. What do you think of the straightforward and the sneaky ways Georgia evaded Vivian's control? At the end, do you believe that Vivian really changed?
3. What did you think of the irony of Georgia forming a group of close women friends as a method of taking attention away from herself? Do you and your friends often talk about what's most important to you? What about you and your significant other, parents, or children?
4. The Tiara Club is a wonderfully supportive group olSQ