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Confessions Of A Failed Southern Lady

Confessions Of A Failed Southern Lady. When Florence King was born, her Granny, a would-be Virginia grande dame, moved in. Anybody could have a family, writes Miss King. She wanted a race all to herself. Granny's dream of raising the perfect Southern belle failed dismally with her own daughter, a chain-smoking, baseball-playing tomboy given to wild expletives. Florence is Granny's last hope ... Welcome re-issue of this fabulously funny classic autobiography. With a new introduction by Sandi Toksvig. Like charity, schizophrenia begins at home...Granny worked so hard at my rearing. She was a frustrated ladysmith and I was her last chance...This is the story of my years on her anvil. Whether she succeeded in making a lady out of me is for you to decide, but I will say one thing in my own favour before we begin. No matter which sex I went to bed with, I never smoked on the street. Florence King's laugh-out-loud memoir follows her progression from her rowdy and unconventional upbringing at home with her mismatched parents and hilarious grandmother, to finding her independence at college and her burgeoing sexuality. It's not all laughs and there are some poignant moments that will bring tears to the eyes, but this is a feel-good book that stays with you a long time after.