Southern Fried Divorce Author:Judy Conner The hilarious account of one womans marriage and divorceBig Easy- style — Set against the colorful backdrop of New Orleans, SOUTHERN FRIED DIVORCE raucously recounts the authors divorce from "That X"a classic bad boyand the unpredictable roles he plays in her life afterward. The book opens with his showing ... more »up on her doorstep, in mid-Spring, covered in red and green ribbon, smelling of Jim Beam, and bearing a belated Christmas gifta home security package in the form of a .38 revolver and a brown puppy. After wondering what kind of ex-husband gives his wife a gun, she gives the puppy back and the adventures with that ex-husband and the brown dog, who are soon inseparable, begin. The hilarious vignettes that ensue include: the rules to Redneck Roulette; post-divorce sex ("Smurfing"); a divorce settlement that includes a bar tab for life; how to teach a dog to drive a Cadillac; getting mugged with her own cutlery; wearing a keg into a football game; instructions on how to cook the best Christmas roast south of the Mason-Dixon line and other fine Southern recipes; and the antics of her infamous ex and the brown dogtwo cohorts mythic and so inseparable they performed naked synchronized swimming together at the 1984 Worlds Fair. Conner weaves together a one-of-a-kind love story that exposes the humility of all human relationships, and shows that the end of marriage is not the end of love.« less
Ok is about it for me with this book. I do believe I'm getting tired of reading these sarcastic, supposedly funny type of books. I just didn't get it with this one.
Full of local color and human interest. If you enjoy New Orleans, you'll feel like you've moved in. If you've been through a break=up, you'll understand the emotions.