![]() 'Ought to be printed with a mechanism for turning down the volume of the reader. ‘I’ve never read so many perfect one-liners. ![]() Ĭontains an introduction by Sandi Toksvig ‘She wanted a race all to herself.’ Granny’s dream of raising the perfect Southern belle failed dismally with her own daughter, a chain-smoking, baseball-playing tomboy given to wild expletives. ![]() ‘Anybody could have a family,’ writes Miss King. When Florence King was born, her Granny, a would-be Virginia grande dame, moved in. No matter which sex I went to bed with, I never smoked on the street. Whether she succeeded in making a lady out of me is for you to decide, but I will say one thing in my own favour before we begin. This is the story of my years on her anvil. ![]() She was a frustrated ladysmith and I was her last chance. Florence may have been a disappointment to her Granny. This is a book I send to friends." - Jim MacSweeney, Gay's the Word Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady is Florence King's classic memoir of her upbringing in an eccentric Southern family, told with all the uproarious wit and gusto that has made her one of the most admired writers in the country. I had to stop reading it when I was on the till, I was laughing too much. ![]()
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