{"product_id":"9780312312442","title":"We're Just Like You, Only Prettier : Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWe're Just Like You, Only Prettier\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Celia Rivenbark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy couldn't the Sopranos survive living down South? Simple. You can't shoot a guy full of holes after eating chicken and pastry, spoon bread, okra, and tomatoes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the Southern woman's opinion of a new \"fat virus\" theory? Bring it on! We've got a lot of skinny friends we need to sneeze on. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this wickedly funny follow-up to her bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eBless Your Heart, Tramp\u003c\/i\u003e, Celia Rivenbark welcomes you, once again, to the South she loves, the land of \"Mama and them,\" \"precious and dahlin',\" and mommies who mow. Y'all come back now, you hear?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most mundane situations become laugh-out-loud scenarios ... Rivenbark is a hoot.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I loved Celia's book; it made me want to get myself a doublewide, head  on down to Mama and them's, 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 I've seen that, you know)? And  there's also the mention of 'making doody,' which is always a shoo-in  for me. Celia's book rocks; everyone is going to love it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eP.S.: How much prettier is she than me?” —Laurie Notaro, author of The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“When the aliens come to study us, I hope they find Celia Rivenbark's work prominently displayed. She is one of our greatest domestic anthropologists, digging up and airing all those things we like to think others don't know. In other words, \u003ci\u003ethe truth\u003c\/i\u003e. She knows the South and she knows women, but that's just the tip of it all. I think she might very well know \u003ci\u003eeverything\u003c\/i\u003e. I don't know when I have laughed so loud and so long. I am forever a devoted fan.” —\u003ci\u003eJill McCorkle, author of Creatures of Habit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Celia Rivenbark's collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eWe're Just Like You, Only Prettier\u003c\/i\u003e, is a must-read for anybody who wants a funny, no-holds-barred look at today's South, from white trash in all its glorious permutations, to Yuppiedom.” —\u003ci\u003eHaywood Smith, author of The Red Hat Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I laughed so hard reading this book, I began snorting in an unbecoming fashion. I loved it nonetheless. I'll be sending copies to everyone, especially my baby's daddy.” —\u003ci\u003eHaven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I thought I was Southern until I read Celia Rivenbark's book. . . . What a funny, smart, and irreverent writer she is!” —\u003ci\u003eLee Smith, author of The Last Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner SIBA Book Award - Winner (2005)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312312442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40675747922126,"sku":"9780312312442","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_2821a12a-4e0d-41ba-90fd-8134d729e44f.jpg?v=1639971560","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312312442","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}