Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits

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2009
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No matter what side of the Mason-Dixon line you live on, you will find Celia Rivenbark's hilarious observations about Southern living as easy as a tall drink of sweet tea on a hundred degree day. In this latest collection of laugh-out-loud essays, you'll experience: the joys of remodelling Tara; Harry Potter bitch - slaps Nancy Drew; Britney's to do list - pick okra, cover that thang up; how rugby-playing lesbians torpedoed beach day; why French women suck at competitive eating; the truth about nature deficit disorder; the difference between cockroaches and water bugs; the beauty of bedazzlers; and much, much more!

Synopsis

No matter what side of the Mason-Dixon line you live on, you will find Celia Rivenbark's hilarious observations about Southern living as easy as a tall drink of sweet tea on a hundred degree day. In this latest collection of laugh-out-loud essays, you'll experience: the joys of remodelling Tara; Harry Potter bitch - slaps Nancy Drew; Britney's to do list - pick okra, cover that thang up; how rugby-playing lesbians torpedoed beach day; why French women suck at competitive eating; the truth about nature deficit disorder; the difference between cockroaches and water bugs; the beauty of bedazzlers; and much, much more!

$19.99

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Griffin,U.S.
Published: 02 Nov 2009
ISBN 10: 0312363001
ISBN 13: 9780312363000

Media Reviews

Readers will laugh out loud over her commentary on status mothers and all the odd obsessions of modern life... so sit a spell and enjoy a rollicking, fun ride with the musings of one of the funniest of southern writers, one who appeals to the 'belle' in all of us. - Booklist

Author Bio

Celia Rivenbark is the author of the award-winning bestsellers Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank; Bless Your Heart, Tramp; and You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning. We're 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.