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Somebody is Going to Die If Lilly Beth Doesn't Catch That Bouquet: The Official Southern Ladies' Guide to Hosting the Perfect Wedding
Even if youve never attended a wedding in the South, youll find laughter in the pages of this deliciously entertaining slice of Southern life and love, complete with recipes, advice, and a huge dose of that famous charm"In the Mississippi Delta, funerals bring out the best in people, while weddings, which are supposed to be happy occasions, bring out the worst." So say Gay...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
April 3rd 2007
by Hyperion
(first published 2007)
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Don't even bother touching this book if you can't look at Southern tradition with a sense of humor or you will throw it across the room in a huff. However, if you have ever experienced Southern weddings and expecially if you have helped to plan a Southern wedding, you will belly-laugh at this book. With chapters entitled such things as "The Shotgun Wedding: Dp ou Know Who Mah Daddy Is?" and the last chapter, "The Restorative Cocktail:We Thought They'd Never Leave," who could resist such wedding...more
This book had me saying, "I'm so glad we moved out of the South, I'm so glad." Not anywhere near as funny as the book on funerals, this perfect wedding book may have you raising an eyebrow as to what constitutes "polite" behavior in the Delta.
Just as Jersey Shore does a disservice to the residents of Jersey by portraying a small niche of jerks as the standard Jersey resident, so does this "perfect wedding" guide to the average Southerner.
If having catty women, with no discernible skills, (other...more
Just as Jersey Shore does a disservice to the residents of Jersey by portraying a small niche of jerks as the standard Jersey resident, so does this "perfect wedding" guide to the average Southerner.
If having catty women, with no discernible skills, (other...more
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 daughter or win the Academy award for Ba...more
Enjoyable chapters included "The Pageant: Are you trying to marry off your daughter or win the Academy award for Ba...more
"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 wedding. (There are some...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 wedding. (There are some...more
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 c...more
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. And I'm notor...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. And I'm notor...more
As preparation for an Alabama wedding I'll attend next month, the bride's mother recommended this book. Part satire, completely humorous, this book supposedly has nuggets of truth about Southern culture and customs. I will find out more when I spend a weekend in Tuscaloosa!
Eh. not nearly as entertaining and useful as "Being Dead Is No Excuse". Maybe because I've attended more southern funerals than weddings, but this was a little boring, and as another reader said, a little mean and snippy. The recipes don't seem very appealing, either. Get the first one, skip this one.
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 . . .
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.
The essays are funny, but not as funny as in "Being Dead Is No Excuse". However, the recipes seem to be much better. The Baptist get mentioned in this collection.
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.
Makes me proud to be Southern....gave this book for a friend who's daughter was getting married - more delicious recipes and traditions!
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).
I am re- reading. Not from the south but I thought it was hysterical and I wanted to keep the recipes
Get insight into many wedding customs. Fantastic recipes for foods associated with special gatherings.
Too funny . . . read before you plan your daughter's wedding, especially if you are from the south.
couldn't get invested in the book. perhaps my expectations were too high. :(
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. ;-)
UPDATE: Having been born at the county hospital, I'm not. ;-)
More of the same. Fun at first but getting tedious.
Amusing, but never giggle inducing. The humor seemed just plain old mean instead of funny. The recipes look good though.
Funny, Southern, but so Delta-oriented that it was hard to completely appreciate.
Jul 15, 2007
Brittany
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Someone planning a wedding
Shelves:
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Bev Marshall-Goodell
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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.
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).
Cute, light-hearted fun. Many examples of weddings and traditions in the South. You must be from there to really get it. The book is also interwoven with recipes, which makes it a really easy, afternoon read.
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