Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5407
EAN num: 9780525947264
ISBN number: 0525947264
Label: Dutton Adult
Manufacturer: Dutton Adult
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: April 14, 2003
Publishing house: Dutton Adult
Release Date: April 14, 2003
Sale Popularity Level: 114441
Studio: Dutton Adult
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They're called Sweet Potato Queens, Steel Magnolias, Ya-Ya Sisters, and Southern Belles, but at heart they're just plain Grits-Girls Raised In The South! Now, the woman who turned this clever acronym into a symbol of Southern pride reveals the code behind the distinctive-and irresistible-style of the Southern woman. Equal parts sweet sincerity and sharp, sly humor, The Grits Guide to Life is chock-full of Southern charm: advice, true-life stories from honest-to-god 'Grits,' recipes, humor, quotable wisdom, and more. Readers will learn vital lessons, including: how to eat watermelon in a sundress; how to drink like a Southern lady (sip . . . a lot); and the real meaning of PMS (Precious Moody Southerner).
From the co-author's true story of inheriting Elvis's grandmother's pearls, to tips on tending your magnolia tree, this charming book is destined to become a bible for the Southern girl-whether born and bred, expatriated, or adoptive-and her many admirers.
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DON'T read this book if you're looking for a guide to life. DO read it if you're a female who was raised in the South! Often a parody of what life really was like for a southern girl, but then at times I would read a phrase and hear my mother (raised in Mississippi) telling me something similar...I've read several snippets aloud (in my best southern voice) to some of my non-GRITS friends and now they're dying to read the book!
Just DON'T take it too seriously!
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I was expecting the food grits. This was not. I threw this book in the garbage, after splatting real grits on it. For some reason my very heterosexual guy neighbor loved this book! so if you are like him, buy it!
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Deborah Ford's GRITS primer is a sweet little read that can't quite make its mind up as to whether it wants to be a primer or a memoir when it grows up, but is certainly on a literary path that could have been finessed with much better style given an hour or two with a Southern editor. This particular romp isn't nearly as breathtakingly funny as the 'Sweet Potato Queens' series nor anywhere as acerbic as anything from Florence King, Fannie Flagg's hilarious foreword to the contrary.
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Wonderful book full of Southern wisdom and practicality. If you're not from God's country (the South) and would love to learn more about being a Southern girl, then this is the book for you. Girls raised in the south have impeccable manners and never say bad things about Yankee reviewers...bless your heart. ;-)
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I copied quite a few of the funny parts out of this book to share with friends, so I did get my money's worth, but I found this book to be more of a mish-mash of general info thrown together than a personal, heartfelt guide to what it means to be a Girl Raised in the South. A much better book in the same vein is Southern Belle Primer, which goes into lots of detail about silverware patterns, wedding present displays, and charm school.
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