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If Love Were Oil, I'd Be about a Quart Low
Marriage taught Grizzard that women spend most of their time in the bathroom. Divorce taught Grizzard that Sunday nights are endless and that strange things grow on food left uncovered in the refrigerator. If Love Were Oil, I'd be About a Quart Low is the bittersweet account of Grizzard's three marriages and three subsequent divorces. Based on his bestselling book of the s...more
Mass Market Paperback, 10 pages
Published
May 1st 1994
by Warner Books
(first published 1983)
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My mother loved Lewis Grizzard. His syndicated newspaper column appeared in our daily paper, and she and I would always read it together when I was growing up. We would repeat the funniest lines to each other over and over. He was a master of that good old down-home Southern humor. The titles of his books were always great, too (my favorite was "Shoot Low, Boys, They're Riding Shetland Ponies"). I remember when he died. I was almost ready to graduate from college, and it seemed particularly sad...more
This is the first book by Lewis Grizzard that I've read and I enjoyed getting to know his humor and writing style. This one was somewhat of a biography of the early part of his life. Though he had some really sad times in his life...he found a way to laugh about it and to make us laugh, as well
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American writer and humorist, known for his Southern demeanor and commentary on the American South. Although he spent his early career as a newspaper sports writer and editor, becoming the sports editor of the Atlanta Journal at age 23, he is much better known for his humorous newspaper columns in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a popular stand-up comedian & lecturer.
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