Learning to Speak Southern

By Lindsey Rogers Cook

Book Overview

A searing Southern story about confronting the difference between the family you're born into and the family you choose, from the acclaimed author of How to Bury Your Brother

Lex fled Memphis years ago, making ends meet with odd jobs teaching English around the world. She only returns when she has no choice, when her godmother presents her with a bargain she can't refuse. Lex has never understood her mother, who died tragically right before Lex's college graduation, but now she's got a chance to read her journals, to try and figure out what sent her mother spiraling all those years ago.

The Memphis that Lex inhabits is more bourbon and bbq joint than sweet tea on front porches, and as she pieces together the Memphis her mother knew, seeing the lure of the world through her mother's lush writing, she must confront more of her own past and the people she left behind. Once all is laid bare, Lex must decide for herself: What is the true meaning of family?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728205409
• ISBN13: 9781728205403
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Highly Readable

4 stars, Highly readable LEARNING TO SPEAK SOUTHERN by Lindsey Rogers Cook This novel is highly readable, it deals with the loss of a woman's brother and she returns home after a long absence to settle his affairs. Much obliged to #sourcebooks for the complimentary copy of #learningtospeaksouthern I was under no obligation to post a review.