{"product_id":"rules-for-the-southern-rulebreaker-missteps-and-lessons-learned-9781631528583","title":"Rules for the Southern Rulebreaker: Missteps and Lessons Learned","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouthern 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.     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    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).    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cem\u003eRules for the Southern Rule Breaker\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 CIBA Hearten Book Awards 1st Place Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003c\/p\u003e —Lee Smith, author of \u003cem\u003eFair and Tender Ladies\u003c\/em\u003e and winner of the Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction and the Southern Book Critics Circle Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “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.”\u003cbr\u003e —Charla Muller, author of \u003ci\u003ePretty Takes Practice: A Southern Woman’s Search for the Real Meaning of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “\u003ci\u003eRules for the Southern Rulebreaker\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm, genuine memoir about living fully beyond the bounds of others’ expectations.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “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.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188938072407,"sku":"9781631528583","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rules-for-the-southern-rulebreaker-missteps-and-lessons-learned-9781631528583","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}