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Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank

A Slightly Tarnished Southern Belle's Words of Wisdom

Author: Celia Rivenbark

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank

$17.99

About This Book

Celia Rivenbark is an intrepid explorer and acid commentator on the land south of the Mason-Dixon Line. In this collection of screamingly funny essays, you'll discover:

*How to get your...

Page Count
272
On Sale
09/04/2007

Book Details

Celia Rivenbark is an intrepid explorer and acid commentator on the land south of the Mason-Dixon Line. In this collection of screamingly funny essays, you'll discover:

*How to get your kid into a character breakfast at Disney World (or run the risk of eating chicken out of a bucket with Sneezy)
*Secrets of Celebrity Moms (don't hate them because they're beautiful when there are so many other reasons)
*ebay addiction and why "It ain't worth having if it ain't on ebay"
*Why today's children's clothes make six-year-olds look like Vegas showgirls with an abundance of anger issues
*And so much more!

Celia Rivenbark's essays about life in today's South are like caramel popcorn---sweet, salty, and utterly irresistible.

Imprint Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

ISBN

9780312339944

In The News

“This is a hilarious read, perhaps best enjoyed while eating Krispy Kremes with a few girlfriends.” —Publishers Weekly

“She kills in the ''Kids'' and ''Southern-Style Silliness'' sections, putting the fear of Mickey into anyone planning a trip to Disney World.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Will give you a case of the giggles.” —New York Daily News on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

“Warm, witty, and wise, rather like reading dispatches from a friend who uses e-mail but still writes letters, in ink, on good paper. ” —St. Petersburg Times on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

“Even diehard Yankees will appreciate this wickedly funny collection ” —Dallas Morning News on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

“North Carolina doesn't have a post for a ‘humorist laureate,' but it should invent one and install Celia Rivenbark.” —Greensboro News & Record on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

“I thought I was Southern until I read Celia Rivenbark's book....What a funny, smart, and irreverent writer she is!” —Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

“Laugh-out-loud funny.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

“A collection of essays by a woman working in her element…Rivenbark writes with that breezy, irreverent allure that makes so many of these belles legendary.” —Blue Ridge Business Journal on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

“An edgy Erma. An Erma dipped in corn-bread batter, wrapped in collard greens, and drawling that she was speeding because ‘my uterus told me to.' ” —The Tennessean on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

“A hoot and a holler.” —Boston Herald on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

“I laughed so hard reading this book, I began snorting in an unbecoming fashion.” —Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy on Celia Rivenbark and We’re Just Like You, Only Prettier

About the Creators

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank

$17.99