Product Description

SWAG started as a lark when Thompson began a monthly mailing of her humorous essays about ordinary events from a Southern woman's perspective. Over several years, her subscription list grew to nearly 5,000 people in 28 states. Covering topics that range from swimsuit shopping, to family reunions, to squirrel battles, to sick children, to cemetery etiquette, this volume will fit right alongside the Sweet Potato Queens and the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22226 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 309 pages

About the Author
Melinda Rainey Thompson has a B.A. in English from Tulane University and an M.A. in English from the University of Alabama-Birmingham. She has served on the faculty of Birmingham-Southern College. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Customer Reviews

Melinda knows her "GRITS"
I grew up with Melinda's maternal and paternal family, even though the author was a tadpole when last I saw her. As an author myself and a retired English teacher, I find Melinda's talent with her craft endearing, stimulating, hilarious, and very sensory. So many of her adventures were (and are) my own, even though we're a generation apart; she makes me see, hear, smell, and taste my own childhood in that small Alabama town.

Melinda reminds many of us that we're not only "GRITS" (Girls Raised in the South) but also "SWAGs" (Southern Women Aging Gracefully) and damn proud of it!!!

SWAG
I purchased this book as a Christmas gift for my sister. I enjoyed the book when I read it. I am still waiting to hear if she enjoyed it as well.

Great Book!
Everything about this book was great. So TRUE! If you are a woman in the South, you will really dig this book!