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I'm from Atlanta, and although there are quite a few books that are set here, I haven't found too many that parallel my own experiences growing up. A lot of them -- the Anne Rivers Siddons books, for example -- tend to focus more on the garden club and debutante set and I can't quite relate. Other books/authors focus on the small-towns in the south and again, not exactly my niche. I grew up the child of a blue-collar worker (railroad engineer) in Atlanta, so although we didn't have the Buckhead social experiences we also weren't playing barefoot on a dirt road. :-)
I can't say I've read too many books set in Atlanta that are supposed to be in current times -- most are about growing up in the 60's and 70's.
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