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by Florence King (Author) "My ladylike adventures have taken me from Seattle to Paris, but last year I was carried back to Tidewater Virginia, which my ancestors helped to..." (more)
Key Phrases: watery moles, staying awhile, douche bag, Aunt Nana, Miz Arvella, Ole Miss (more...)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: VIRAGO; New Ed edition (2006)
ISBN-10: 1844081281
ISBN-13: 978-1844081288
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces

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5.0 out of 5 stars A modern classic, December 9, 2001

By	Dean Esmay (Westland, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady (Paperback)

A bisexual, gun-toting, fiercely southern woman who left the Republican party because they had turned into a bunch of liberal pansies? What's not to love?

This is a hilarious memoir with a lot of insights into both southern culture and the human condition in general.

I live north of the Mason-Dixon line, and everyone I've recommended read this book has looked dubious at the prospect that it would be worth reading. Everyone I actually talked into reading it loved it. Don't doubt it, this book is a real treasure!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful - A unique reading experience, August 28, 2001

By	F. G. Hamer "MadManxMan" (Isle of Man) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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Want to know what a Huggybear is? Or a Malkin? Or a Watery Mole? Or a Virago? You'll have to read Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady. Florence King (no relation to Stephen, I would add!) has a uniquely warm humor and a style that she can truly call her own. I roared with laughter in places, I choked back a shiver or two in places, I gurgled with contentment in places, and I reveled in the amazing writing that has become Florence King's trademark. What a remarkable lady. From a Southern family, raised in the racially segregated Washington, D.C. of old, King follows her own life through college, graduation and into adulthood, where she finds she is considerably more attracted to her own sex than the other. Though written in a style that is hilariously funny and relatively light-hearted, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady also deals with deeper issues, like the definition of femininity. This added dimension makes the book all the more interesting, even for a non-female person (maybe ESPECIALLY for a non-female person!), and for those of us who enjoy something a little more cerebral than 'Noddy meets Goldilocks', Florence King's wonderful insights into growing up (and dealing with her sexuality) is a perfect companion to a blazing fire and a glass of good wine.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wicked, hilarious and rings so true, April 3, 1998

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Having grown up in Chicago with a Southern mother and a Yankee father, I always wondered why my family and its "rearing" techniques seemed so different from those of my peers. Then I read "Confessions," and everything became wonderfully, wickedly, and deliciously clear. I laughed out loud and exclaimed in recognition throughout the book as I saw my Mamaw in Granny, my mother in Mama, my father in Herb, and myself in Florence. Ms. King is a brilliant writer whose observations are at once devastatingly, uproariously accurate yet lovingly conveyed. Her ability to break your heart and make you guffaw through the tears is unique. I have read this book over and over and have lent it to friends all over the country (sometimes it never comes back). Today I am ordering my third copy. I recommend "Confessions" to every reader with wit, intelligence, and a touch of lunacy. It will bring out the Southern in your soul.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Florence King is my hero!
No one on this earth can write a story (or a book review) like Florence King can! The fluidity of her writing never ceases and I felt like I was there watching this story of her... Read more

Published 18 months ago by A. Marcacci

2.0 out of 5 stars Yes, she failed
I was born and bred in Virginia. I didn't like this book. I identified with only about 25 percent of it. For example, all of the women in my family are good housekeepers. Read more

Published on May 21, 2007 by VaBelle

5.0 out of 5 stars Divine
A friend shared this book with me. King's wit is unsurpassed in this day and age. Having found myself being an "honorary southerner" - relocated from the midwest to the deep... Read more

Published on March 27, 2007 by A. Riester

5.0 out of 5 stars Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady is an awesome, unforgettable book expecially for those of us who are southern transplants.
King's book features a quirky mish mash of mismatched family members who, at first glance, seem not to belong together at all. Read more

Published on May 28, 2006 by klugegirl

3.0 out of 5 stars Confessions is eerily true!
I am truly a southerner, and Ms. King's irreverant approach to the traditions and ways of the south in the mid-twentieth century are so on target that it will startle the reader... Read more

Published on January 24, 2006 by James Sparks

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lesson in True Individuality
Every once in awhile I have to reread Florence King, beginning with this book. For all the talk about individuality, different drummers and 'being yourself' that we hear endlessly... Read more

Published on September 30, 2005 by D. Liebert

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dixieland Delight!!!

I was browsing through a bookstore in Chicago last week and came across this book and instantly gravitated towards it. Read more

Published on December 10, 2004 by Kat

5.0 out of 5 stars I think she succeeded admirably
If you can read this book without gasping in shock and then holding onto the furniture as you stagger around the room trying to catch your breath from laughing, you are made from... Read more

Published on October 16, 2004 by S. McKinney

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Funny at times, enjoyable, interesting

Published on June 4, 2003 by Sandra Cody

4.0 out of 5 stars Sensitive and self-aware
As a feminist and a believer in the individual, I loved this book. Florence King is an intellectual in the best sense of the world, funny and erudite, never shying away from... Read more

Published on August 11, 2002 by Faye

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