Ask Me Anything Author:Marie Rudisill, Susan Marg Marie Rudisill has been called many things: irreverent, sassy, brash, even rude, and, certainly, too old to be crude. You get the idea, if you don t know her already as The Fruitcake Lady from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Well into her nineties, she became a television celebrity, going mouth to mouth with anyone who asked her a question or ... more »sought help with a problem. She always had an answer on the tip of her tongue. "Ask Me Anything" is the story of Marie s amazing life as told to Susan Marg. She had seen a lot and accomplished even more when she passed away at 95 years old. She was Southern to the core, yet she took on the Big Apple. When she settled in the Carolinas, she undertook one venture after another all before she became a pop culture phenomenon. Family, too, was a big part of Marie s life. She was close to her nephew Truman Capote, and their falling out over some paperweights hurt her deeply. She retired to Florida with her husband to be near their son, yet yearned to return to her sweet Alabama hometown. Ask The Fruitcake Lady, and get ready. You never know what she ll say next. Ask Me Anything has been recognized for excellence in Autobiography/Biography by the Southern California Book Festival and by the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards. It is also a Shelf Unbound Notable Book in the category Memoirs.« less