Suck your stomach in and put some color on

Description:

The host of All Things Southern shares the sass and strength of Southern mamas in this spunky guide to life.In this humorous handbook, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, host of All Things Southern, reveals the all-important lessons Southern Mamas teach their daughters. Readers will discover why blue eye shadow is trashy and learn to interpret regional dialect like the Southern Mama APB, a bulletin translated on Southern streets as: "Give your heart to Jesus, girl, because your butt is all mine!" Shellie carefully breaks down the teachings behind those famous manners and social graces through her firsthand observations and dry wit. Here's everything you need to know from how to cope with the unexpected, compete in the Mr. Right Game Show, and raise children—to how to keep that marriage knot tied tight over time. Woven with quotes from real Southern Mamas and sprinkled with recipes and other Southern secrets, this book's a bona-fide celebration of all things south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

subjects: American Cookery,  Childhood and youth,  Family,  Mothers and daughters,  Nonfiction,  Self-Improvement,  Social life and customs,  Southern style,  American Cooking,  Cooking, american, southern style,  Southern states, social life and customs,  Louisiana, social life and customs

People: Shellie Rushing Tomlinson

Places: Louisiana,  Southern States