Southern Lady Code: Essays

By Helen Ellis

Book Overview

A collection of essays that are like being seated beside the most entertaining guest at a dinner party (Atlanta Journal Constitution), from the New York Times bestselling author of American Housewives

"Thank you Helen Ellis for writing down the Southern Lady Code so that others may learn." --Ann Patchett, bestselling author of The Dutch House

Helen Ellis has a mantra: "If you don't have something nice to say, say something not-so-nice in a nice way." Say "weathered" instead of "she looks like a cake left out in the rain" and "I'm not in charge" instead of "they're doing it wrong."

In these twenty-three raucous essays, Ellis transforms herself into a dominatrix Donna Reed to save her marriage, inadvertently steals a Burberry trench coat, avoids a neck lift, and finds a black-tie gown that gives her the confidence of a drag queen. While she may have left Alabama for New York City, Helen Ellis is clinging to her Southern accent like mayonnaise to white bread, and offering readers a hilarious, completely singular view on womanhood for both sides of the Mason-Dixon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525562923
• ISBN13: 9780525562924
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Refreshing Hilarious essays.

Love it. You have to understand this is a set of essays. You probably have to appreciate the South and their ways to find the humor. It’s hilarious.

I'm angry I spent the money

Save your coins and your time. This work doesn't just drop the ball, it doesn't realize what a ball is.