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Some Day You'll Thank Me for This: The Official Southern Ladies' Guide to Being a "Perfect" Mother [Hardcover]

Gayden Metcalfe (Author), Charlotte Hays (Author)
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March 24, 2009

A hilarious guide to that incomparable creature--the Southern mother

Southern society is arranged along matriarchal lines, since the Southern matriarch is a far more formidable being than the much nicer Southern male. She has to be this way; she was put on earth with a sacred mission: to drum good manners and the proper religion--ancestor worship--into the next generation.

In Some Day You'll Thank Me for This, Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays, bestselling authors of Being Dead Is No Excuse and Somebody's Going to Die If Lily Beth Doesn't Catch That Bouquet, deliver up a hilarious treatise--complete with appropriate recipes from those finicky, demanding moms--on the joys, trials, and tribulations of being the daughter of a Southern mother. Including sections such as A Crown in Heaven (a Southern mother's favorite fashion accessory), Grande Dames, Toasting the Southern Mother, and why grandmothers prefer their "precious angel baby" grandchildren to their own "bad" children, this is the perfect gift for any Southern mother--or daughter of one.


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About the Author

Gayden Metcalfe is a native of Greenville, Mississippi, where she is a member of the Greenville chapter of the Garden Club of America, St. James's Episcopal Church, and the Animal Rescue League. Both the daughter of a Southern mother and a Southern mother herself, she and her husband have two children.

Charlotte Hays is a Delta native and recovering gossip columnist for the Washington Times, New York Observer, and New York Daily News. She lives in Washington, D.C.


Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Hyperion; 1 edition (March 24, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1401302963
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401302962
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars They've done it again!, June 4, 2009
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If you weren't there in person in a Southern household, this is the best way to re-live the things Southern Mamas tell their daughters. These two ladies have entertained us completely in previous writings and their wisdom goes on and on. Read it on a rainy day, read it when things aren't going right, when you just burned the supper, read it when the dog has just messed up the house, or you are mad at your children--but just read it. It is hilarious and uplifting. Write on, ladies, what a read.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Someday you'll thank me, May 10, 2009
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This was a charming read after the first two delightful books by these authors. Lots of laughs and comparisons of the changing times.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's Great to be from the Delta, Mississippi, and Southern!!, October 11, 2009
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I have bought every one of Gaydens books. I can not wait till the next one comes out. I came from the Delta where these books were written about. I can see myself at some of these events (in the late 60's early 70's)!! I buy these books for gifts. Stories are great: Recipes are so easy to follow and they are exactly what I cooked in my younger years! I have been cooking different ones for my husband now. I Love All of the books, but to me Being Dead is no Excuse seems to be the Best, but it is hard to tell. I Love them All. In Some Day You'll Thank----So Many of the sayings are exactly what my Mother and Aunt would say. Read All the books if you want many hous of entertainment and easy, great recipes!
I always pick up one of the books when I am feeling down, for a laugh, you will get one too. Don't forget to send for Gifts!!
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