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Title: Grits (Girls Raised in the South) Guide to Life by Deborah Ford, Edie Hand ISBN: 0-525-94726-4 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 14 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: My husband even liked it!
Comment: While I don't agree with everything in this book, I did find it hilarious, entertaining, and down-right fun! My husband and I rarely agree on anything (he doesn't even like to read except Sport's Illustrated and "Guns") but he did read this book and loved it. We also agree on two other books that are fun and, yes, he read them too! "Fried Green Tomatoes" and "Bark of the Dogwood"--two other Southern stand-bys.
Also recommended: BARK OF THE DOGWOOD and FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
Rating: 2
Summary: horsefeathers!
Comment: If I didn't know better, I'd suspect the authors of being Yankee carpetbaggers bent on exploiting the goodwill enjoyed by southern girls and southern culture, because I'm not convinced these ladies get it.
As a daughter of the deep, deep south, I hope I can set a few things straight.
1) "Y'all" is always plural. "Y'all" used in reference to one person is the mark of a bad screenwriter and a bad mimic, neither of whom has ever ventured below the Mason-Dixon line. Sometimes you may hear someone say to another, "I hope y'all can make it to the party," or "How are y'all enjoying the new lake house?" in which case it means "you and yours (not present)." If a lone Southern neighbor drops by for a visit on a Sunday afternoon, don't say, "Y'all come on in" unless you want your neighbor to suspect you're already in your cups and seeing double.
2) The expression is "A whistling woman and a crowing hen never come to a good end." This book records it as "A whistling woman and a crowing him...." As if that means anything at all.
3) "it's" = "it + is" while "its" = "that which belongs to it"
If these "GRITS" don't know the difference or can't find an editor who does, they should get in touch with me. I know several, in Alabama, no less. The authors aren't perpetuating the myth of southern charm; they're perpetuating the myth of southern ignorance.
Truly, if you want the mysteries of southern charm revealed, stick to King's Southern Ladies and Gentlemen or Rich's What Southern Women Know.
Rating: 5
Summary: Grits (Girls Raised in The South) Guide to Life
Comment: I was raised in the South in the fifties and I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this book nor have I laughed so much in a long time. My daughter gave it to me and I told her she should read it so she could understand her Southern bred Mother better. A truly wonderful read for any woman, anywhere.
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Title: What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should): Timeless Secrets to Get Everything You Want in Love, Life, and Work by Ronda Rich ISBN: 0399526277 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Southern Belle Primer by Maryln Schwartz ISBN: 0385416679 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Southern Belle's Handbook : Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By by Loraine Despres ISBN: 0060540893 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: 1001 Things Everyone Should Know/South by John Reed, Dale Volberg Reed ISBN: 0385474423 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 16 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King ISBN: 0312050631 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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