Confessions Of A Failed Southern Lady
Florence King
‘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 . . .
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| ISBN | 9781844081288 |
| Genre | Autobiography/Biography |
| Publication Date | 01-Jun-06 |
| Publisher | Virago Press |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 288 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Subject | Biography & Autobiography / General |
| BookID | 2362 |
