Southern Lady Code

Author : Helen Ellis
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0525562923
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Lady Code written by Helen Ellis and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays that are "like being seated beside the most entertaining guest at a dinner party" (Atlanta Journal Constitution)—from the New York Times bestselling author of American Housewives “Thank you Helen Ellis for writing down the Southern Lady Code so that others may learn.” —Ann Patchett, bestselling author of The Dutch House Helen Ellis has a mantra: “If you don't have something nice to say, say something not-so-nice in a nice way.” Say “weathered” instead of “she looks like a cake left out in the rain” and “I’m not in charge” instead of “they’re doing it wrong.” In these twenty-three raucous essays, Ellis transforms herself into a dominatrix Donna Reed to save her marriage, inadvertently steals a Burberry trench coat, avoids a neck lift, and finds a black-tie gown that gives her the confidence of a drag queen. While she may have left Alabama for New York City, Helen Ellis is clinging to her Southern accent like mayonnaise to white bread, and offering readers a hilarious, completely singular view on womanhood for both sides of the Mason-Dixon.

Author : Florence King
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312099150
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Ladies & Gentlemen written by Florence King and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1993-07-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tongue-in-cheek look at society in the modern South and the regional styles of behavior characteristic of members of the two sexes is updated with a new afterword.

Author : Helen Ellis
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0593081684
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light written by Helen Ellis and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of American Housewife and Southern Lady Code returns with an “inspiring, hilarious, straight-to-the-point” (Entertainment Weekly) collection of essays on friendship among grown-ass women. "Ellis' prose is filled with so many laugh lines, you might want to go ahead and book the Botox.” —NPR When Helen Ellis and her lifelong friends arrive for a reunion on the Redneck Riviera, they unpack more than their suitcases: stories of husbands and kids, lost parents and lost jobs, powdered onion dip and photographs you have to hold by the edges, dirty jokes and sunscreen with SPF higher than they hair-sprayed their bangs senior year, and a bad mammogram. It's a diagnosis that scares them, but could never break their bond. Because women pushing fifty won't be pushed around. In these twelve gloriously comic and moving essays, Helen Ellis dishes on married middle-age sex, sobs with a theater full of women as a psychic exorcises their sorrows, gets twenty shots of stomach bile to the neck to get rid of her double chin, and gathers up the courage to ask, "Are you there, Menopause? It's Me, Helen." A book that reads like the best cocktail party of your life, Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light is alive with the sensational humor and ferocious love for her friends that won Helen Ellis legions of fans. This book has a raw vulnerability and an emotional generosity that takes this acclaimed author to a whole new level of accomplishment.

Author : Anne Firor Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Southern Lady written by Anne Firor Scott and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anne F. Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608095264
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Southern Lady written by Anne F. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1970-12-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The variety and fevor of comment that greeted Anne Scott's The Southern Lady in 1970 can now be seen as a foreshadowing for its lasting impact. In her wide-ranging new Afterword to this edition of a work not infrequently called a classic, the noted historian describes the way it came to be written, asks what she would do differently now, and suggests areas for further exploration.

Author : Phaedra Parks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476715467
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Southern Belle written by Phaedra Parks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breakout star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, who is known for being the ultimate Southern Belle, advises women on fashion, etiquette, dating and the workplace, giving a modern twist to traditional Southern values.

Author : Caroline M. Dillman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136557032
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Women written by Caroline M. Dillman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential and short guide for employees who need to know more about health and safety in the workplace without wanting to spend hours reading dozens of different documents. Whether it‘s for use alongside a training course or simply to brush up on your knowledge, it‘s perfect for equipping you with the principles of health and safety. Friendly and accessible, this Common Sense Guide covers all the main aspects of health and safety in manageable chapters to provide you with the knowledge and understanding you need to look after yourself and others in the workplace. Suitable for the non-health and safety professional Includes questions at the end of each module to consolidate your health and safety knowledge Certificate offered to those who complete the exam at the end of the book and return to be marked externally.

Author : Virginia Gearhart Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Southern Lady of the Forties written by Virginia Gearhart Gray and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Candace Bailey
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809385570
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music and the Southern Belle written by Candace Bailey and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candace Bailey’s exploration of the intertwining worlds of music and gender shows how young southern women pushed the boundaries of respectability to leave their unique mark on a patriarchal society. Before 1861, a strictly defined code of behavior allowed a southern woman to identify herself as a “lady” through her accomplishments in music, drawing, and writing, among other factors. Music permeated the lives of southern women, and they learned appropriate participation through instruction at home and at female training institutions. A belle’s primary venue was the parlor, where she could demonstrate her usefulness in the domestic circle by providing comfort and serving to enhance social gatherings through her musical performances, often by playing the piano or singing. The southern lady performed in public only on the rarest of occasions, though she might attend public performances by women. An especially talented lady who composed music for a broader audience would do so anonymously so that her reputation would remain unsullied. The tumultuous Civil War years provided an opportunity for southern women to envision and attempt new ways to make themselves useful to the broader, public society. While continuing their domestic responsibilities and taking on new ones, young women also tested the boundaries of propriety in a variety of ways. In a broad break with the past, musical ladies began giving public performances to raise money for the war effort, some women published patriotic Confederate music under their own names, supporting their cause and claiming public ownership for their creations. Bailey explores these women’s lives and analyzes their music. Through their move from private to public performance and publication, southern ladies not only expanded concepts of social acceptability but also gained a valued sense of purpose. Music and the Southern Belle places these remarkable women in their social context, providing compelling insight into southern culture and the intricate ties between a lady’s identity and the world of music. Augmented by incisive analysis of musical compositions and vibrant profiles of composers, this volume is the first of its kind, making it an essential read for devotees of Civil War and southern history, gender studies, and music.

Author : Elizabeth R. Varon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195179897
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Lady, Yankee Spy written by Elizabeth R. Varon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the Union spy leader notes her organization's efforts to gather intelligence, compromise Confederate efforts, and aid Union prisoner escapes, citing her sometimes controversial stands on such issues as slavery and war. (Biography)