Product Description

A hilarious guide to that incomparable creature--the Southern mother

Southern society is arranged along matriarchal lines, since the Southern matriarch is a far more formidable being than the much nicer Southern male. She has to be this way; she was put on earth with a sacred mission: to drum good manners and the proper religion--ancestor worship--into the next generation.

In Some Day You'll Thank Me for This, Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays, bestselling authors of Being Dead Is No Excuse and Somebody's Going to Die If Lily Beth Doesn't Catch That Bouquet, deliver up a hilarious treatise--complete with appropriate recipes from those finicky, demanding moms--on the joys, trials, and tribulations of being the daughter of a Southern mother. Including sections such as A Crown in Heaven (a Southern mother's favorite fashion accessory), Grande Dames, Toasting the Southern Mother, and why grandmothers prefer their "precious angel baby" grandchildren to their own "bad" children, this is the perfect gift for any Southern mother--or daughter of one.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98278 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-01
• Released on: 2009-03-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781401302962
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author

Gayden Metcalfe is a native of Greenville, Mississippi, where she is a member of the Greenville chapter of the Garden Club of America, St. James's Episcopal Church, and the Animal Rescue League. Both the daughter of a Southern mother and a Southern mother herself, she and her husband have two children.

Charlotte Hays is a Delta native and recovering gossip columnist for the Washington Times, New York Observer, and New York Daily News. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Customer Reviews

They've done it again!
If you weren't there in person in a Southern household, this is the best way to re-live the things Southern Mamas tell their daughters. These two ladies have entertained us completely in previous writings and their wisdom goes on and on. Read it on a rainy day, read it when things aren't going right, when you just burned the supper, read it when the dog has just messed up the house, or you are mad at your children--but just read it. It is hilarious and uplifting. Write on, ladies, what a read.

Someday you'll thank me
This was a charming read after the first two delightful books by these authors. Lots of laughs and comparisons of the changing times.

Perfect for Southern libraries and collections on humor and women's issues
The Southern mother and her habits is celebrated and explained in SOME DAY YOU'LL THANK ME FOR THIS, a funny book reviewing the lessons every Southern mother instills in her daughters. From caring for the family heirlooms to ignoring anything unpleasant and cooking traditional dishes, SOME DAY YOU'LL THANK ME FOR THIS is a fine survey of everything it takes to be a Southern woman. Perfect for Southern libraries and collections on humor and women's issues.