Biography & Autobiography, Literary Figures, Humor, Literary Criticism, American, Women Authors
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Synopsis
'Granny worked so hard at my rearing. She was a frustrated ladysmith and I was her last chance ... This is the story of my years on her anvil. Whether she succeeded in making a lady out of me is for you to decide, but I will say one thing in my own favour before we begin. No matter which sex I went to bed with, I never smoked on the street.' When Florence King was born, her Granny, a would-be Virginia grande dame, moved in. 'Anybody could have a family, ' writes Miss King. 'She wanted a race all to herself.' Granny's dream of raising the perfect Southern belle failed dismally with her own daughter, a chain-smoking, baseball-playing tomboy given to wild expletives. Florence is Granny's last hope ...Book Details
Published
March 29, 1995
Publisher
Silver Moon Books
Pages
267
ISBN
9781872642239