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Wife of the Party

# 388 - Book Club: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Wife of the Party

Berty Boy Productions

Comedy, Self-improvement, Comedy Interviews, Education

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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I sit down with my friends Cathy & Kirsten to book club the book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” by John Berendt  Bert’s new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! Leave us a voicemail at (818) 949-8536 --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors Benebone - Get 50% off now at https://Benebone.com/WifeoftheParty Shopify - Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/wife  Greenchef - Make this summer your healthiest yet with Green Chef. Head to https://Greenchef.com/50WIFE and use code 50WIFE to get fifty percent off your first month, then twenty percent off for two months with free shipping. --------------------------------------------------- Our Next book club will be “Something to Look Forward to” by Fannie Flag --------------------------------------------------- LeeAnn Kreischer talks to friends about marriage, family, and being married to the life of the party, comedian Bert Kreischer! --------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW LEEANN: Facebook▶ https://www.facebook.com/wifeotp  Instagram▶ https://www.instagram.com/leeannkreischer  iTunes▶ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wife-of-the-party/id1343348729  Official Website & MERCH▶ https://www.wifeotp.com Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast! #wifeoftheparty #podcast #leeannkreischer #bertandleeann       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.4

She's a prostitute.

0:40.8

And her pimp is in that truck right there watching her work.

0:45.1

And they were like, oh, what?

0:49.0

I mean, these kids are born and raised in L.A.

0:51.4

One would think they would be exposed to that difference in culture

0:57.4

all the time. So I read the book a while ago and then got busy. And so I cheated and watched

1:08.9

the movie last night. I will tell you this, the book is so much better. I don't know. Have you seen the movie? No, it's so funny. I finished it yesterday for the second time. Like I read it a million years ago. And I didn't actually remember that there was a movie. And I was like, oh, that's interesting. And I went online and I was like, oh, it's kind of crappy from what it sounds like. I didn't watch it, but I wouldn't. The book is so good. Bert and Ila watched the movie with me and they love the movie. And I kept going, it's because you didn't read the book. The book is so good. So we're talking about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, just say it out loud. What a great book, right? Oh, it's so great. I'm in the same boat as Kathy. I read it when it first came out. Yeah, like 20. Well, actually, no, it says 30th anniversary edition. So 30 years ago. Wow. Yeah. Yeah, a long time ago, loved it. And when you suggested reading it again, I was like, great. I know I loved it the first time.

2:01.4

But like, okay, spoiler alert, there is a murder. Like, this is a nonfiction book. Yeah.

2:06.2

There is a murder that really happened. And this is how little I remembered about the book. I remembered I loved it.

2:12.4

I remember there were some great characters. I remember falling in love with Savannah. So that when I finally went to Savannah one day,

2:18.1

when we were in, we were in South Carolina and I was like, oh my God, we're driving to Savannah

2:23.5

so that I can experience it because Richard and I both read the book, loved it so much. That is all

2:28.6

I remembered from the book is love Savannah, great characters, really well written. I did not even remember who was murdered.

2:35.6

So it was all new to me. I didn't remember it was in Savannah. Like, I literally couldn't remember

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