TRYING TO GET TO HEAVEN: Opinions of a Tennessee Talker [Hardcover]

Dixie Carter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 1996

A gentle guide to living a full life applies the author's experiences as a performer and fitness instructor and shares her thoughts on home life, raising children, divorce, and death. 100,000 first printing. Tour.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The first word of the title is the best description of this book. Actress-singer Carter is best known for playing Julia Sugarbaker on the TV sitcom Designing Women, whose fans will likely flock to read this autobiography. If the book seems to hark back to an earlier era, that's because Carter loudly stresses the importance of what many would call old-fashioned values. The author, who hopes "sophisticates" are reading along, admits she may sound "un-European and gauche," but that doesn't stop her from decrying underarm hair?on women. Oh, and men should keep their hairy legs covered up when riding a plane by not wearing shorts. This fare is offered under the rubric "if I were the Ruler of All Things." If you've ever sat next to someone yakking her head off and wished you could escape, that's how you're likely to feel reading this compendium of opinions by an authority on nothing in particular.
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From Library Journal

From one of TV's Designing Women.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1 edition (January 2, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684801019
• ISBN-13: 978-0684801018
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #838,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful surprise, February 11, 2000

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"mjprig" (Melbourne, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trying to Get to Heaven Opinions of a Tennessee Talker (Audio Cassette)

always on the lookout for "bargain" books in bookstores, i chanced upon dixie's book being closed out. liking her anyway in "designing women", i knew i would enjoy her book, but i was not prepared for my fascination. by the time i was finished reading the book, i felt i knew her--she was someone i could drop in on for coffee. she echoed my own sentiments of missing the people being polite to each other, and of loving discipline seldom taught to children today and more than once made me nostolgic for the rich childhood she had--the things that are possible for children and which every child deserves. she writes the way she speaks which is a joy. the book is never dull and in truth, you do not want it to end. i hope she determines to write another book. i want the first copy.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dixie Carter kindles the flame of beauty in our lives., August 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Trying to Get to Heaven Opinions of a Tennessee Talker (Audio Cassette)

I do not think that Dixie Carter has ever been one of *People* magazine's "Fifty Most Beautiful People in the World", and it is a crying shame. Carter has in spades what gets people on that list: all-encompassing beauty. In *Trying to Get to Heaven* she, in a sense, shares that beauty with us. She tells us about the people who have inspired her, instructs us on behavior(such as yoga and decorating), reveals to us some of her most heartfelt memories, and articulates her beliefs about beauty. Beauty, to her, is the guiding principle by which life is well-lived. By showing us how beautiful her life has been, and by doing it in such a lyrical, richly-detailed, entertaining, and, sometimes, humorous way, she sets an excellent example.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dixie Carter mesmerized me!, August 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Trying to Get to Heaven: Opinions of a Tennessee Talker (Paperback)

After I started reading this book I could not put it down. Dixie covers almost every subject, from beauty tips to romance. Her Southern charm adds so much to this book. I highly recommend this to everyone.