The Yankee Chick's Survival Guide to Texas [Paperback]

Sophia Dembling (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 2001

In Texas "Yankee" is a loose term covering a lot of ground. If you're not a Texan or a southerner, you're a Yankee and therefore, to many Texans, suspect. There are many rites of passage to being a Yankee in Texas: the first time you spot a pickup with a gun rack; the first time you realize that a week is a long time to go without Mexican food; the first time you recognize a change in seasons; your first thunderstorm; your first honky-tonk. Culture Shock in Texas can be intense and is exacerbate by local rules of propriety that tell us to keep out mouths shut. But here in this book we are going to talk all about it with good old Yankee outspokenness. We'll clear the air, share experiences, orient newcomers, and have some good laughs.

Editorial Reviews

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Appeared inFt. Worth Star-Telegram.

Appeared inFt. Worth Star-Telegram.

About the Author

Sophia Dembling was born and raised on the Upper West Side of New York City. In the early 1980s she decided to move to Dallas, just for an adventure, figuring she’d last about six months.

Twenty years later Ms. Dembling remains in Texas where she has acquired a husband, a house, two dogs, a peculiar accent, and a writing career that started at The Dallas Morning News and has expanded to newspapers and magazines nationwide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (December 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556228880
• ISBN-13: 978-1556228889
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I came to Texas from NYC to seek my fortune. OK, I didn't find a fortune but I did find a new career as a writer, a husband, an antique dog, and a weird new accent.

Look for my travel column, Wandering Mind, in the Dallas Morning News and the Chicago Tribune and my articles and essays in newspapers and magazines nationwide. (You can read samples on my website).

And look, too, for a link on my website to a Mediabistro article about my experience writing The Making of Dr. Phil. That was one tough project! I'll never look at the man the same way again...

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a GREAT read!!!, October 23, 2003

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C. Frank "NJ Cook" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Yankee Chick's Survival Guide to Texas (Paperback)

This should be required reading for any Yankee Chick moving to Texas as well as any one who embraces the many cultural differences that make this country great. Ms. Dembling's insight and sharp wit had me laughing out loud many times and I don't even live in Texas or the South; I'm just a Yankee Chick living up North in Yankee land. Before reading this delightful book (which I read on a lark during a biz trip to Dallas) I had no interest in Texas, but now - hell, I think I'd like to plan a vacation there, perhaps find my self some good old boys to hang out with! Her pride in being a Yankee Chick and her love of Texas is evident throughout and it translates into a sincerity that makes this book so special. Hurry, buy this book!!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A New Transplant, March 9, 2004

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Laura A. Di Tomasso (Austin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Yankee Chick's Survival Guide to Texas (Paperback)

As a new Texan, and yes a Yankee Chick, I found this book extremely helpful. I understand my new adopted state a little better, but I understand how different I may appear to my new found friends due solely to this book. Thanks to my best friend up North for buying this book for me as a going away present. I read it on the way here on the plane, I could not put the book down. It is time again for me to read it... it's that good.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Waiting for the sequel, November 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Yankee Chick's Survival Guide to Texas (Paperback)

The book was well-thought out and researched. It explained parts of Texas and attributes of Texans never explained publicly so well before. I recognized myself in it, I must confess.

She needs to write "The Texan Guide to Yankeeland". Now that would be very useful to us 5 remaining Native Texans in the whole state.