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We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle by Celia Rivenbark
jenniferdenslow's review against another edition
3.0
Pedestrian but breezily written short pieces about Southern women in the modern world.
stephaniereads9b0f8's review against another edition
3.0
This came from the box of books a friend gave me this winter. It's probably not something I would've picked up on my own, but I'm glad I did. Celia Rivenbark is an absolute scream.
Rivenbark is a columnist, and she's got a crazy, wild, self-deprecating sense of humor with a uniquely Southern flair. Waxing poetic on such topics as Southern food, preschool, hair and nails, clothing, family get-togethers, aging, and what other mothers must think of her, she'll have you rolling on the floor and choking with laughter. I loved her horror at how her daughter told the truth about what high-fructose-corn-syrup delight Celia served for breakfast, when she was sure that every other mother had served organic, hand-harvested-by-fairies-and-gnomes oatmeal with organic milk (from hand-massaged cows, of course) and organic, sparkle-filled blueberries (you get the drift), her disdain for all things crafty, her panic at how her husband dresses her child...It's parenting, family, and life, all with a humorous Southern twist. Check her out if you need a laugh (and if you're tired of measuring yourself up to everyone else and coming up short), because Rivenbark will not disappoint.
Rivenbark is a columnist, and she's got a crazy, wild, self-deprecating sense of humor with a uniquely Southern flair. Waxing poetic on such topics as Southern food, preschool, hair and nails, clothing, family get-togethers, aging, and what other mothers must think of her, she'll have you rolling on the floor and choking with laughter. I loved her horror at how her daughter told the truth about what high-fructose-corn-syrup delight Celia served for breakfast, when she was sure that every other mother had served organic, hand-harvested-by-fairies-and-gnomes oatmeal with organic milk (from hand-massaged cows, of course) and organic, sparkle-filled blueberries (you get the drift), her disdain for all things crafty, her panic at how her husband dresses her child...It's parenting, family, and life, all with a humorous Southern twist. Check her out if you need a laugh (and if you're tired of measuring yourself up to everyone else and coming up short), because Rivenbark will not disappoint.
emp1234's review against another edition
2.0
Rivenbark is funny. Just in smaller doses, I guess. A whole book of her humor was tiresome.
jlange64's review against another edition
1.0
I only made it to page 70 and had to give up and I can count on one hand the number of books I have given up on. I've read a couple other books by this author and liked them enough to buy this one. But either my sense of humor has changed or maybe the author's style and humor has changed. Either way, this book was just horrible and not funny at all.
mscoutj's review against another edition
4.0
If you're a fan of either the Sweet Potato Queens OR Laurie Notaro, you'll love these books. Southern truth as humor at a pretty high level.