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Southern Lady Code: Essays

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Southern Lady Code: Essays

Helen Ellis has a mantra: “If you don't have something nice to say, say something not-so-nice in a nice way.” Say “weathered” instead of “she looks like a cake left out in the rain” and “I’m not in charge” instead of “they’re doing it wrong.” In these 23 raucous essays, Ellis transforms herself into a dominatrix Donna Reed to save her marriage, inadvertently steals a Burberry trench coat, avoids a neck lift, and finds a black-tie gown that gives her the confidence of a drag queen. While she may have left Alabama for New York City, Ellis is clinging to her Southern accent like mayonnaise to white bread, and offering readers a hilarious, completely singular view on womanhood for both sides of the Mason-Dixon.

Southern Lady Code: Essays
by Helen Ellis

  • Publication Date: April 28, 2020
  • Genres: Essays, Humor, Nonfiction
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Anchor
  • ISBN-10: 0525562923
  • ISBN-13: 9780525562924