Somebody Is Going to Die if Lilly Beth Doesn't Catch That Bouquet: The Official Southern Ladies' ...
In the Mississippi Delta, funerals bring out the best in people, while weddings, which are supposed to be happy occasions, bring out the worst. A D...
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Mar 05, 2009
Melinda
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This book is by the same women who wrote "Being Dead is No Excuse". Here the two Southern ladies tackle the perfect Delta wedding! Packed with recipes, advice, and stories from weddings seen and experienced, this book again provides a humorous laugh and gentle reminder that "funerals bring out the best in people, while weddings, which should be happy occasions, bring out the worst."
Enjoyable chapters included "The Pageant: Are you trying to marry off your More...
Enjoyable chapters included "The Pageant: Are you trying to marry off your More...
Sep 23, 2007
Stephanie
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"As necessary as the groom might be for the proper Delta wedding, a Southern girl must never--nevah!--be congratulated upon obtaining one. To do so is an insult to the whole of Southern womanhood."
This book is quite amusing, but I can't help but think it would have been even funnier if I weren't Yankee-born. It's part study, part satire of the lengths Southern women, particularly mothers of the bride in the Mississippi Delta region, will go through to put on the perfect wed More...
This book is quite amusing, but I can't help but think it would have been even funnier if I weren't Yankee-born. It's part study, part satire of the lengths Southern women, particularly mothers of the bride in the Mississippi Delta region, will go through to put on the perfect wed More...
Jul 09, 2008
stefanie
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i thought it would be more laugh out loud funny, but it was more smirk funny. i guess the mississippi delta is a little different than alabama/texas form of southern I'm used to (loud mouth - like molly ivins). BUT the saving grace is that this book comes with a lot of recipes, some that are like snapshots of my childhood at the 1st presbyterian church of auburn alabama. Take for example the presbyterian punch, with lime sherbet and no alcohol. i think my piano teacher served it (out of a real
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Jan 30, 2012
CJ
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This was a decent little book. There were a few spots that had me laughing out loud (like the woman who didn't want to sit near a little boy in a tuxedo because she didn't want a homunculus sitting in her lap) and many, many more that had me smiling.
While this book highlighted the fact that North Carolina (the only place I've lived in The South) is much, much different from the Delta, it did explain a couple of things I considered odd at a couple of the weddings I'd attended there. A More...
While this book highlighted the fact that North Carolina (the only place I've lived in The South) is much, much different from the Delta, it did explain a couple of things I considered odd at a couple of the weddings I'd attended there. A More...
Sep 08, 2011
Tiffany
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Oh my gosh. This book was awful. And do they really think Southern mothers are the only ones who are wedding-crazy for their daughters? Obviously they have not met Judy Malcom . . .
Dec 29, 2009
Jinny
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I loved this book! It is true to my memories of raising by Southern women and made me laugh out loud. Highly recommended for stressed-out brides-to-be who need some comic relief.
Apr 12, 2011
Virginia
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Another hysterical presentation by these Southern gals re manners re weddings this time. Add recipies (almost none of which I would try!) but so many out loud laughs.
Jun 05, 2010
Tmorlok
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Makes me proud to be Southern....gave this book for a friend who's daughter was getting married - more delicious recipes and traditions!
Jan 22, 2009
Sarah
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This is much more of an entertaining read than a wedding planner, sort of in the vein of the Sweet Potato Queens (who have their own wedding planner. You flip it over and the other half is a divorce guide).
May 20, 2011
Mary
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Get insight into many wedding customs. Fantastic recipes for foods associated with special gatherings.
Sep 06, 2007
Belinda
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Not as good as Being Dead Is No Excuse, but passably entertaining. I think my favorite part was about King's Daughters Hospital in Greenville, MS being where "all the best Delta babies are born." I was born in Greenville. I'll have to ask my mom which hospital, so I'll know whether or not I'm the cream of the crop.
UPDATE: Having been born at the county hospital, I'm not. ;-) More...
UPDATE: Having been born at the county hospital, I'm not. ;-) More...
Apr 28, 2010
Evan
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Amusing, but never giggle inducing. The humor seemed just plain old mean instead of funny. The recipes look good though.
Jun 27, 2009
Kate
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Funny, Southern, but so Delta-oriented that it was hard to completely appreciate.
Jul 15, 2007
Brittany
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Amusing, and also true, but not nearly as slap-your-leg and run-your-mascara funny as I had been led to believe. It was a fun read, and had some very true observations. However, I had to deal with the revelation that the music I'd been planning to have at my (highly hypothetical) wedding is on the "Recommended" list of wedding music. Which makes me think it's not quite the earth-shatteringly original idea I'd thought.
Jan 10, 2012
pyrebi
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An entertaining enough little book. No doubt it would have been funnier if I were southern, but between the anecdotes and the recipes for foods I've never heard of, it was a little bit like reading alien literature that had been translated into English with moderate success.
Jun 21, 2008
Dara
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Half a funny, rambling discourse on "Delta weddings," half a collection of recipes of things like cheese straws, a vast assortment of alcoholic drinks (brandy milk punch, anyone?), and stuffed everything (figs, dates, tomatoes twice, etc). It's an odd mix, but it was a fun read and I might even try some of the recipes.
May 20, 2009
Ashley
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Maybe it's because I'm engaged and planning my wedding, or maybe it's because I was raised in a town about 45 minutes from Greenville, MS. Or, maybe it's because I know the author and several of the "characters" in the book. Whatever the reason, this book is really funny for those of us raised in the Deep South.
Aug 24, 2007
Emily
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My fiance's stepfather gave me this book, which was very sweet of him and the only detail about it worth mentioning. Disappointing at best, this book was neither funny nor helpful in planning a wedding. Maybe my home state of Virginia is too far from the Delta for Lilly Beth...
Jul 25, 2008
I was reminded of my early years as a cake-girl, attending the weddings of total strangers, helping to serve cake. I laughed like crazy over the shotgun wedding scenarios and all the recipes with booze in them.
Dec 17, 2009
Jessica
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Really enjoyable narration-- very confidential tone, lots of hilarious anecdotes, and recipes at the end of every chapter. The authors have all the insider information and know jsut what to tell us outsiders (Yankees).
Sep 21, 2008
Ann
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Too funny.... reading this gave me much needed stress relief when my daughter was planning her wedding last summer.
Nice collection of gossipy stories and recipies.
Nice collection of gossipy stories and recipies.
Sep 10, 2008
Angela
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A good-natured poke in the breadbasket at Southern genteel protocol and society.
Jun 19, 2010
Mandy
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