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Title: Mama Makes Up Her Mind : And Other Dangers of Southern Living by Bailey White ISBN: 0-679-75160-2 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.66 (38 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mind Mama
Comment: Southern living is really dangerous. Random thoughts could get you in a ton of trouble. Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White is a hilarious memoir about her wacky family. One of the best qualities about the book is the way Bailey White paints the pictures of Mama. You can just see her sitting in her reclining chair, listening to the radio, and reading UFO newsletter or picking up some road kill for dinner. Another great quality is that the characters are easy to relate to. By the end of the book you want to talk to Mama or you wish that Bailey was your 2nd grade teacher. The characters are fun and exciting. The last quality that was really wonderful was that throughout the book you learned many lessons about life. From how great instant-care is to how to deal with 36 first graders on a field trip. Bailey White's life is as entertaining and Mama and the way She describes it is amazing. Mama Makes Up Her Mind was and entertaining group of stories that will make you laugh out loud. Buckle-up, because your about to read a thoroughly eccentric book.
Rating: 5
Summary: 'Talkin 'bout Mama
Comment: "My mother eats things she finds dead on the road. Her standards are high. She claims she won't eat anything that's not a fresh kill. Mama is an adventurous and excellent cook also. We have feasted not only on doves, turkeys, and quail, but robins, squirrels, and, only once, a possum. That's my Mama." This book, "Mama Makes up her Mind," by Bailey White is a hilarious string of stories that reflect on what it was like growing up in the Deep South with her "practical" but funny mother and her siblings. This book had many wonderful qualities. One of the best ones is the book's hilarious and unforgettable characters. Mama encounters many strange characters and learns how to relate to them in her own "unique" way. "I could tell from the fully present look on the top of the artist's glowing bald head that Mama was describing her invention of a cure for male-pattern baldness. She calls it the axillary transplant." The artist in this chapter called "Nonrepresentational Art" was their host and they were on their way home from one of his exhibits in a gallery. This is only one example of the witty ways of Mama.
Another quality of this book is it's ability to "paint a picture." The adjectives and form of writing really made me think of an old country house in the South. The dialogue and characters helped also. An example of these elaborate descriptions is about Rosey's restaurant in the following quote from the book. "Rosey's restaurant is a tough juke joint
on the edge of the marsh in an old-fashioned part of Florida. At Rosey's you never know whether you're drunk or not because the floors wave up and down anyway. The foundations are sagging and you can eat inside if you can take the smoke or you can eat outside and throw your fish bones down to vulture looking pelicans." This is from the first chapter titled, "Rosey's." Simple, yet suspenseful.
While reading this funny book, I found myself simply laughing out loud. It takes you back to Bailey White's childhood and allows you to experience her comical stories and lively characters. Although I fell in love with Mama, I am glad she's not my Mama.
Rating: 4
Summary: Adventurous mama
Comment: A collection of short stories depicting the life of the White family with all the absurdities and complications of daily life .. of course through the eyes and mind of White and her family!
Reading this book, I really felt like I was watching a comedy.. genuinely funny .. each story ends up with a learned- the- hard -way lesson .. the narration is simple and too close to the heart that you actually can build up the White's house in your mind .. with all the historical monuments laying around for ages.. you can see mama walking in her garden .. the way she talks even move and drive.. a bit sentimental but the overall impression is funny !
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Title: Sleeping at the Starlite Motel : and Other Adventures on the Way Back Home by Bailey White ISBN: 0679770151 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 02 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Quite a Year for Plums : A Novel by Bailey White ISBN: 0679764925 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 06 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Turn South at the Next Magnolia : Directions from a Lifelong Southerner by Nan Graham ISBN: 192855623X Publisher: Coastal Carolina Press Pub. Date: 20 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Bless Your Heart, Tramp by Celia Rivenbark ISBN: 1928556221 Publisher: Coastal Carolina Press Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Leaving Cold Sassy by Olive Ann Burns ISBN: 0385312202 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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