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Highlights
- Southern women are inundated with rules starting early--from always wearing sensible shoes to never talking about death to the dying, and certainly not relying on song lyrics for marriage therapy.
- Author(s): Katherine Snow Smith
- 176 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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About the Book
"Without meaning to defy society's guidelines for parenting, marriage, work and friendship, Katherine Snow Smith continually finds herself off the expected path--whether that means falling on President Barack Obama, camped with her teenage daughter at a raucous music festival, or ending a twenty-four-year marriage because she simply can't "muddle through." Here, she shines a spotlight on the humor and humanity that come with sometimes breaking the rules."--Book Synopsis
Southern women are inundated with rules starting early--from alwayswearing sensible shoes to never talking about death to the dying, and
certainly not relying on song lyrics for marriage therapy.
Nevertheless, Katherine Snow Smith keeps doing things like falling off
her high heels onto President Barack Obama, gaining dubious status as
the middle school "lice mom," and finding confirmation in the lyrics of
Miranda Lambert after her twenty-four-year marriage ends. Somehow,
despite never meaning to defy Southern expectations for parenting,
marriage, work, and friendship, Smith has found herself doing just that
for over four decades. Luckily for everyone, the outcome of these
"broken rules" is this collection of refreshing stories, filled with
vulnerability, humor, and insight, sharing how she received lifelong
advice from a sixth-grade correspondence with an Oscar-winning actress,
convinced a terminally ill friend to write good-bye letters, and won the
mother of all "don't give up" lectures by finishing a road race last
(as the pizza boxes were thrown away).
Rules for the Southern Rule Breaker will resonate with every
woman, southern or not, who has a tendency to wander down the hazy side
roads and realizes the rewards that come from listening to the pull in
one's heart over the voice in one's head.
Review Quotes
2020 CIBA Hearten Book Awards 1st Place Winner
"Katherine Snow Smith's sure voice, deft pen, hilarious sense of humor
and always original slant on things offer the reader much to enjoy in
these delightful essays--and also much to identify with, especially for
another Southern girl. Her delightful, humorous accounts always convey a
deeper truth--about self-image, especially for women; about raising
children; about an early death in the family and the later loss of a
friend; about politics and belief--about life itself. Snow Smith's own
lifetime of writing and observant living is distilled in this kind,
original, and compulsively readable book." --Lee Smith, author of Fair and Tender Ladies and winner of the Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction and the Southern Book Critics Circle Award "Katherine's ability to observe her life from the balcony while it plays
out on stage is a gift to her readers. Her keen perspective--which is
unapologetically southern and chock-full of grit, forgiveness, and
humor--reminds us that we all aspire to love well and to laugh until our
face hurts." --Charla Muller, author of Pretty Takes Practice: A Southern Woman's Search for the Real Meaning of Beauty "Rules for the Southern Rulebreaker is a warm, genuine memoir about living fully beyond the bounds of others' expectations." --Foreword Reviews "Smith writes of going her own way with humor and honesty, encouraging
readers not to take themselves too seriously and find value in friends
and family. Readers of essays from Sloane Crosley, Samantha Irby, or
Bailey White will laugh out loud." --Booklist
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Personal Memoirs
Publisher: She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Katherine Snow Smith
Language: English
Street Date: July 21, 2020
TCIN: 1005015120
UPC: 9781631528583
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-0868
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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