We're Just Like You, Only Prettier by Celia Rivenbark

We're Just Like You, Only Prettier by Celia Rivenbark

Why couldn't the Sopranos survive living down South? Simple. You can't shoot a guy full of holes after eating chicken and pastry, spoon bread, okra, and tomatoes.

What does a Southern woman consider grounds for divorce? When daddy takes the kids out in public dressed in their pajama tops and Tweety Bird swim socks. Again.

What is the Southern woman's opinion of a new "fat virus" theory? Bring it on! We've got a lot of skinny friends we need to sneeze on.

In this wickedly funny follow-up to her bestselling novel Bless Your Heart, Tramp, Celia Rivenbark welcomes you, once again, to the South she loves, the land of "Mama and them," "precious and dahlin'," and mommies who mow. Y'all come back now, you hear?

Stop Dressed Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank, Bless Your Heart, Tramp, and Belle Weather are among Celia Rivenbark's award-winning bestsellers. We're Exactly Like You, Only Prettier was a nominee for the James Thurber Prize for American Comedy and earned a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Award for nonfiction. Rivenbark was born and raised in Duplin County, North Carolina, in a modest house with a red barn out back and a couple of dozen lanky, unvaccinated cats. She began her career as a reporter for her hometown newspaper. She contributes a weekly comedy piece to the Myrtle Beach Sun News, which is nationally syndicated. She is a Wilmington, North Carolina resident.