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6 Responses to 'Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide To Hosting the Perfect Funeral'

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2. KnowBelle - March 16th, 2010 at 7:10 pm

   Written for any 8-yr.old reader, this author makes an attempt to be humorous about the South while dishing up recipes for family gatherings. As a true Southerner, I recognize the traditions, but I find much the same among my Northern friends. I find this book to be poorly written, over-simplified, and nothing more than an attempt to ride on the successful coattails of Jan Karon.
   Rating: 1 / 5

3. Margaret Low - March 16th, 2010 at 9:21 pm

   Apparently I am the only reader who found parts of this book DEEPLY offensive. The author practically swoons over those fabulously fortunate [white] folks who owned plantations. I think we all know who provided the labor force on said plantations. Thus nostalgia for slavery is pretty much undisguised. I quit reading and returned the book to the library at this point. I’m white, but I hate to think what an African-American would experience reading portions of this “humor” book. I’d give it zero stars or, if it were possible, negative stars.
   Rating: 1 / 5

4. Jackie Rowles - March 16th, 2010 at 10:25 pm

   The book is extremely funny but don’t try the recipes.I just did the Southern Sideboard Rich Bourbon Dessert.I tried it for a Christmas party. I did everything the recipe said &, yes, I know how to cook.The ingredients cost upwards to $100 and I am left with a sticky, gooey mess.Not to mention that the party is tomorrow and it is 9 p.m.A pox on southern cooking!It is now the next morning and I have the world’s
   
   largest Clark Bar on the top of my refrigerator shelf. Dave and I tried to break it with a spoon (didn’t work)and I suggested one of those balls they pound against buildings to knock them down. We finally got enough for each guest who tasted it & gave it back to me saying that it was wonderful and I said, Oh, you’re just being Southern. It ruined my party!
   
   From Dave’s wife
   
   Rating: 1 / 5

5. Janet - March 16th, 2010 at 10:49 pm

   It’s that time of year again. The time to entertain. This book is wonderful and filled with ideas and instructions for making entertaining easier and more interesting.

   Janet Sue Terry author of “A Rich, Deliciously Satisfying, Collection of Breakfast Recipes”.
   Rating: 5 / 5

6. Margaret B. Mccormack - March 17th, 2010 at 1:19 am

   A light read, Southern women will enjoy and laugh out loud. The tyoe of book you will hear things your mother told you and her friends talked about in church and bridge club
   Rating: 1 / 5

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