Description: We're Just Like You, Only Prettier by Celia Rivenbark In this compulsively readable collection of humor, Rivenbark welcomes readers to the South she loves, the land of "Mama and them," "precious and dahlin," and mommies who mow. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Why couldnt the Sopranos survive living down South? Simple. You cant shoot a guy full of holes after eating chicken and pastry, spoon bread, okra, and tomatoes. What does a Southern woman consider grounds for divorce? When daddy takes the kids out in public dressed in their pajama tops and Tweety Bird swim socks. Again. What is the Southern womans opinion of a new "fat virus" theory? Bring it on! Weve got a lot of skinny friends we need to sneeze on. In this wickedly funny follow-up to her bestselling novel Bless Your Heart, Tramp, Celia Rivenbark welcomes you, once again, to the South she loves, the land of "Mama and them," "precious and dahlin," and mommies who mow. Yall come back now, you hear? Back Cover "I thought I was Southern until I read Celia Rivenbarks book...what a funny, smart, and irreverent writer she is!" - Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls "Laugh-out-loud funny." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "Even die-hard Yankees will appreciate this wickedly funny collection...an amusing and refreshingly honest look at family life on this side of the Mason-Dixon line." - Dallas Morning News Author Biography Celia Rivenbark is the author of the award-winning bestsellers Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank; Bless Your Heart, Tramp; Belle Weather; and You Cant Drink All Day If You Dont Start in the Morning. Were Just Like You, Only Prettier won a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Award for nonfiction and was a finalist for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor. Born and raised in Duplin County, North Carolina, Rivenbark grew up in a small house "with a red barn out back that was populated by a couple of dozen lanky and unvaccinated cats." She started out writing for her hometown paper. She writes a weekly, nationally syndicated humor column for the Myrtle Beach Sun News. She lives in Wilmington, North Carolina. Review "The most mundane situations become laugh-out-loud scenarios ... Rivenbark is a hoot." --Publishers Weekly "I loved Celias book; it made me want to get myself a doublewide, head on down to Mama and thems, and start mowing my own lawn. I never knew that Southern folk had time set aside from cooking the best food in the world to grow such marvelous senses of humor. For a Yankee like me, Southern life has always been fascinating, but who knew it was so pants-wetting funny (like watching a hillbilly bang his head repeatedly on the door of the outhouse, because Ive seen that, you know)? And theres also the mention of making doody, which is always a shoo-in for me. Celias book rocks; everyone is going to love it. P.S.: How much prettier is she than me?" --Laurie Notaro, author of The Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club "When the aliens come to study us, I hope they find Celia Rivenbarks work prominently displayed. She is one of our greatest domestic anthropologists, digging up and airing all those things we like to think others dont know. In other words, the truth. She knows the South and she knows women, but thats just the tip of it all. I think she might very well know everything. I dont know when I have laughed so loud and so long. I am forever a devoted fan." --Jill McCorkle, author of Creatures of Habit "Celia Rivenbarks collection of essays, Were Just Like You, Only Prettier, is a must-read for anybody who wants a funny, no-holds-barred look at todays South, from white trash in all its glorious permutations, to Yuppiedom." --Haywood Smith, author of The Red Hat Club "I laughed so hard reading this book, I began snorting in an unbecoming fashion. I loved it nonetheless. Ill be sending copies to everyone, especially my babys daddy." --Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy "I thought I was Southern until I read Celia Rivenbarks book. . . . What a funny, smart, and irreverent writer she is!" --Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls Review Quote When the aliens come to study us, I hope they find Celia Rivenbarks work prominently displayed. She is one of our greatest domestic anthropologists, digging up and airing all those things we like to think others dont know. In other words, the truth . She knows the South and she knows women, but thats just the tip of it all. I think she might very well know everything . I dont know when I have laughed so loud and so long. I am forever a devoted fan. Description for Reading Group Guide Why couldnt the Sopranos survive living down South? Simple. You cant shoot a guy full of holes after eating chicken and pastry, spoon bread, okra, and tomatoes. What does a Southern woman consider grounds for divorce? When daddy takes the kids out in public dressed in their pajama tops and Tweety Bird swim socks. Again. What is the Southern womans opinion of a new "fat virus" theory? Bring it on! Weve got a lot of skinny friends we need to sneeze on. In this wickedly funny follow-up to her bestselling novel Bless Your Heart, Tramp , Celia Rivenbark welcomes you, once again, to the South she loves, the land of "Mama and them," "precious and dahlin," and mommies who mow. Yall come back now, you hear? Details ISBN031231244X Author Celia Rivenbark Short Title WERE JUST LIKE YOU ONLY PRETTI Pages 288 Language English ISBN-10 031231244X ISBN-13 9780312312442 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 975 Year 2005 Residence Wrightsville Beach, NC, US Subtitle Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle DOI 10.1604/9780312312442 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2005-02-01 NZ Release Date 2005-02-01 US Release Date 2005-02-01 UK Release Date 2005-02-01 Publisher St Martins Press Publication Date 2005-02-01 Imprint St Martins Press Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7058555;
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