Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments by Celia Rivenbark

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  • Pub. Date: May 2006
  • 240pp
  • Sales Rank: 26,747

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    • Pub. Date: May 2006
    • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
    • Format: Paperback, 240pp
    • Sales Rank: 26,747

    Synopsis

    From the wickedly hilarious pen of Southern humorist Celia Rivenbark comes a collection of essays that brings to mind Dave Barry (in high heels) or Jeff Foxworthy (in a prom dress).

    “Bright, witty, and warm.”
    ---St. Petersburg Times

    “Hilarious---and right on the money.”
    ---The Charlotte Observer

    “Just when you think Erma Bombeck strip-mined the comedy out of motherhood, Rivenbark shows off some sparkling new gems.”
    ---The State (Columbia , SC)

    Step into the wacky world of “womanless wedding” fund-raisers, in which Bubbas wear boas. Meet two sisters who fight rural boredom by washing Budweiser cans and cutting them into pieces to make clothing. Learn why the word snow sends any right-thinking Southerner careening to the Food Lion for extra loaves of bread and little else.
    Humor columnist and slightly crazed belle-by-birth Celia Rivenbark tackles these and other lard-laden subjects in Bless Your Heart, Tramp, a hilarious look at Southern---and just plain human---foibles, up-close and personal.
    So pour yourself a glass of sweet tea and curl up on the pie-azza with Bless Your Heart, Tramp.

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    Southern humorist Rivenbark (We're Just Like You, Only Prettier) is back with a new short essay collection that explores home life, the South, and various topics such as tofu, greeting cards, Barbie, and Al Gore. The writings are loosely divided into three major sections-"At Home," "The South," "And Everywhere Else"-but they are unconnected and do not require to be read in any particular order. This is not presented as an anthology of Rivenbark's weekly columns for the Myrtle Beach Sun News (titled "From the Belle Tower"), yet the length and discrete nature of the essays suggest previous publication. Rivenbark's observations are quirky and entertaining but rarely scathing; her pride in being a belle is tempered by her ability to take a lighthearted look at serious and occasionally provocative issues. Larger public libraries-particularly those in the South-should consider purchasing.-Audrey Snowden, Cleveland P.L. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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    Biography

    Celia Rivenbark is the author of the award-winning bestsellers Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank, We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier, and Bless Your Heart, Tramp.  She lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.  Visit www.celiarivenbark.com.

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    Twenty starsby Anonymous

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    April 23, 2008: Insights into southern culture, horror stories, and full-out belly laughs, this book has it all. I can't believe this author is not better known--actually on the NYT bestseller list. You don't have to be southern to appreciate and understand what she's talking about, but it really helps if you are. Her take on the difference in husbands and wives when they're sick is at once funny, sad, and unfortunately, all too true.

    Amusing essay collectionby Anonymous

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    June 06, 2006: This amusing essay collection focuses on the southern perspective and home life. The book is broken into three categories: ?At Home?, ?The South?, ?And Everywhere Else?. The contributions are lighthearted amusing and fun to read as a variety of subjects from mama tips to spiked NASA Tang to Wrestlemania are shredded and diced like slaw at a fad diet explosion. Nothing is sacred though nothing is totally gored not even Al. From family recipes to the Rock and his wife Dr. Ms. Rock on to Adam West, Celia Rivenbark provides the below the Mason-Dixon demarcation line but above the Mickey Mouse border look at life. If you have to ask who Adam West is, you?re probably too young for this sassy slice of Southern sympathy served with ice tea but no grits.------------- Harriet Klausner