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The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By

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Ridiculous, teeny little book with one sentence per page. Don't waste your money. Better to get Ronda Rich's "What Southern Women Know."

This book is cute. It is more of a coffee table book for a young girl's room. I did not realize that it just listed off quotes to "live by". It is formatted with like a "rule" on each page.

If you are walking through a store, bored out of your mind or simply disgusted at the lack of selection, your eye will be caught by this (admittedly) teeny book. Or at least, that happened to me. This is a very good read for everyone with "too much of the South in 'em", or not enough! Great quotes, ladies' humor, and southern philosophy that everyone can enjoy. I definitely recommend this book, because even though it wasn't long enough to fill an appetite, it definitely whets the eyes for more. It is the kind of "little thing" you pass on to your daughters once they blossom, which is exactly what I plan on doing!

This short and sassy book contains the secrets to every southern belle's success --- or anyone's, for that matter. The self-help companion to THE SCANDALOUS SUMMER OF SISSY LEBLANC, also written by Loraine Despres, THE SOUTHERN BELLE'S HANDBOOK is the book of rules that Sissy LeBlanc lives by.

Sissy outlines everything from living life to the fullest to successfully manipulating men. And, while not every rule necessarily applies to every woman, most of them hit the nail right on the head! There's even room in the back for readers to jot down their own clichés and rules to live by. My favorite of Sissy's: "Love is like cigarettes. It gives you pleasure while you're at it, but it sometimes leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth and a pain in your chest."

If you've read THE SCANDALOUS SUMMER OF SISSY LEBLANC, this is a must-have! And if you haven't read it, this book will make you want to meet the outrageous character who penned these rules!

--- Reviewed by Melissa Brown

Rules, rules, rules. Hate 'em, love 'em, change 'em. We all have friends who seem to make their own rules for living as they go along in life, as in "How can she do THAT?" This whimsical mini-book is a great gift for friends going through a difficult stretch, as a "thinking of you, girlfriend" gift, and as a thought-starter for .......
I see my friends at the beach (yep, it's great beach reading) reading, pausing to grab a pen from the beach bag to write in their own rules, or sitting back to smile as they cull their own experiences justified by their own rules.
I will use it as a guestroom bedside book... and as a gift, perhaps a wedding shower gift.
The price is surely right.
(signed) a Yankee who is a closet Southern Belle

P.S. If you haven't read about Sissy's scandalous summer, you've missed a page-turner with humor running topline above some insightful subtle social commentary. Check it out.

This little book would likely be enjoyed most by those of us who have read "The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc". Her Southern Belle rules to live by are great!

If you're a gal who is looking for a good man and finds herself meeting all the wrong fellas, then this is the book for you. It's an eye-opening pick me up kind of read! Will make you realize that you deserve nothing but the best and that you, as a gal, are fabulous! You'll find yourself reading it over and over again. I find it to be enlightening every time I read it.

I really enjoyed reading this little book. I found it so cute and like the humorous nuggets of information. Sissy LeBlanc is a true Southern Belle.

I didnt like this book! I wouldnt recommend it, if you are looking for an authentic guide to the southern women,then dont buy this! I would give it away but I dont want people confusing nonsence fictional ideas of the way us southern women are with truth! A better buy would be Grits!! A girl raised in the south guide to life!! Save your money on this one! Its a fake bunch of nonsence!

If it were possible, I wouldn't have awarded this book any stars at all, as I feel that it's just a con, relatively few (about 70) pages strung together in a tiny book of about 5" x6", with just a single phrase on each page. I ordered this from Amazon, using part of a gift certificate which had been given to me by my daughter and paid over US $10.00 for it. Perhaps I should have read the description of it and the dimensions of the book more carefully but, as I thoroughly enjoyed reading Marilyn Schwartz' A Southern Belle's Primer, I thought that this would be in the same vein. What a disappointment to wait for the shipment to arrive in Australia and have to wish that I'd been more astute and ordered something else!