SWAG: Southern Women Aging Gracefully

SWAG: Southern Women Aging Gracefully

â€œReading Melinda Rainey Thompsonâ€™s SWAG is like sitting on Grannyâ€™s porch swing eating a piece of pound cake with a sleeping cat wrapped around your ankles. You feel full, warm, and, most of all, grateful to be a Southerner.â€
Celia Rivenbark, author of Weâ€™re Just Like You, Only Prettier

â€œI received a copy of this book from the publisher and was delighted to see it was written by someone from my hometown (Greenville, Ala.) Melinda Rainey Thompson. I was even more delighted when I actually read the book. It is full of the warmth, sentiment and wry humor of the South I know and love. As a Lifestyles writer for a small-town paper, I get a lot of preview copies of books. Frankly, some of them I never finish or even start.

Definitely not the case with Melinda's book. One of the great aspects of this collection is you can browse throughout the book and read an essay here or there as time allows . . . keep it on your bed stand at night, in the car to read while waiting in line at the drive-thru, etc. While this is a humorous book (with the author constantly poking fun at herself) there are also some very touching moments, too. You don't have to be a Southern woman to enjoy this, either. Some things like motherhood and trying on bathing suits are just universal! Melinda and I have never met but we have chatted via phone, and it was like we were old friends. You'll feel that way when you read her book. Well recommended and suitable for all ages (no R-rated humor here).â€

Angela K. Long, The Greenville Advocate (AL)

SWAG started as a lark when Melinda Rainey Thompson began a monthly mailing of her humorous essays about ordinary events from a Southern woman's perspective. Over several years, her subscription list grew to nearly 5,000 people in 28 states. Ranging from swimsuit shopping to squirrel battling, from magnolia theft to cemetery etiquette, Melinda Rainey Thompsonâ€™s delightful essays and clever lists reflect the everyday peculiarities of life in the South.

Ten Ways to Know if Youâ€™re a SWAG

You feel the urge to bake a pound cake after reading the obituaries.

You have had professional photographs made of your children barefoot and dressed in their Sunday clothes.

Youâ€™d rather have a fight with your husband than with your best friend.

You have stolen magnolia leaves, or you know someone who has.

You have monogrammed the middle of your shower curtain.

You could live without Yankees who equate your Southern accent with a low IQ.

You know better than to eat the potato salad at a family reunion.

You are socially conditioned to believe that tanned fat looks better than white fat.

Your children hide their Easter baskets and Valentineâ€™s Day candy from you just in case you have a dieting lapse.

You believe that cocktail dresses do not double as church clothes

Country	USA
Author	Melinda Rainey Thompson
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780895875419
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	John F. Blair, Publisher
Manufacturer	John F. Blair, Publisher
NumberOfPages	309
PublicationDate	2011-06-13
Publisher	John F. Blair, Publisher
ReleaseDate	2011-06-13
Studio	John F. Blair, Publisher

SWAG: Southern Women Aging Gracefully

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