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Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming
Nationally syndicated columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson, winner of the Ernie Pyle Award for human interest reporting, turns her sharp eye on herself in this frank, exhilarating, wise, poignant, and brave memoir.
Her territory ranges from childhood memories of ritual pre-interstate trips in the family station wagon to visit foot-washing Baptist relatives to young-girl fi
...moreHardcover, 197 pages
Published
February 1st 2010
by NewSouth
(first published 2010)
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March 23, 2010
Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming... by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
published by NewSouth Books, Montgomery, Alabama
review by Andrea
Discovering the delightful and unique in the ordinary and mundane is one talent in which Rheta Grimsley Johnson excels. By her own admission she began writing a book about Christmas because those books sell. She wanted to include humor because that also sells. She accomplished far more than that however. When we r...more
Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming... by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
published by NewSouth Books, Montgomery, Alabama
review by Andrea
Discovering the delightful and unique in the ordinary and mundane is one talent in which Rheta Grimsley Johnson excels. By her own admission she began writing a book about Christmas because those books sell. She wanted to include humor because that also sells. She accomplished far more than that however. When we r...more
Though I have little in common with the author (among other things, she is quite southern, and I'm so yankee I bleed maple sap), Johnson's book made for an interesting read.
Recommended - although for a series of essays centered around a Christmas theme, I found A Little Fruitcake: A Boyhood in Holidays worked better.
Recommended - although for a series of essays centered around a Christmas theme, I found A Little Fruitcake: A Boyhood in Holidays worked better.
Rheta Grimsley Johnson's previous book, Poor Man's Provence, captured my heart and made me want to vacation in Cajun Louisiana. She set the bar pretty high with that one, and truthfully, Enchanted Evening Barbie doesn't quite meet it. But as the book went on, I found myself more and more absorbed by her story. Throughout her life, Johnson's writing has been a way to learn, express herself and deal with emotions. So it has been for me.
Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming: A Memoir by Rheta Grimsley Johnson (New South Books 2010) is the latest by this great author. More thoroughly autobiographical than any of her other writings, this will serve to satisfy her fans until the next installment comes along. 6.5/10, finished 2/16/11.
I think the author believes that stories about writing a newspaper are more interesting than they really are. Boring!
Just started but think will hit close to home. Read Rheta Grimsley Johnson in the ATL paper in the 90s and enjoyed her observations on life. Lots of familiar images of my Southern Baptist childhood so far in the first 20 pages....
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