The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By [NOOK Book]

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Learn how to navigate life with the effortless savior faire of a true daughter of the South with The Southern Belle's Handbook.



Sissy LeBlanc's rules to live by will teach you how to hook, hold on to, and handle any man as well as conquer any personal situation with the poise and confidence of a ...

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The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By

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Overview


Learn how to navigate life with the effortless savior faire of a true daughter of the South with The Southern Belle's Handbook.



Sissy LeBlanc's rules to live by will teach you how to hook, hold on to, and handle any man as well as conquer any personal situation with the poise and confidence of a sophisticated southern stunner.



And because every woman possesses her own sassy instincts, you can also record your own rules for unstoppable fabulousness and success.

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Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
This little gift book, following TV writer Despres's 2001 novel The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc (Sissy lived by the titular code) and packaged in a vaguely cocktail-nation design schema, aims to define a new "southern belle" through pithy rules of living. While the general profile that emerges is slightly more liberated than the antebellum stereotype, the edicts are generally goofy and sometimes a little confused, tacking from warmed-over Ben Franklin ("Men always find themselves the most fascinating subject of any conversation. When in doubt, let him talk about himself. He'll think you're a brilliant conversationalist") to reheated Oscar Wilde ("A girl doesn't have to give in to temptation but she might not get another chance"). Dictating equal parts subservience ("Laugh at his wit, and he'll admire your sense of humor"), naughtiness ("A girl can stand just so much virtue") and outright nonsense ("Sometimes doing good can be delightfully bad"-whatever that means), this book is short on authentic advice, but long on kitschy appeal. (May) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
The Tennessean
“A humorous take on our land of cotton, good times ne’er forgotten.”
New Orleans Times-Picayune
“Pearls of wisdom.”
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780062036346
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 1/29/2013
  • Sold by: Harpercollins
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 96
  • Sales rank: 266,505
  • File size: 3 MB

Meet the Author

Loraine Despres is the author of the bestselling novel The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc and its tie-in title, The Southern Belle's Handbook. Raised in Amite, Louisiana, Despres is a former television writer and international screenwriting consultant. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and continues to enjoy bad behavior.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 11, 2003

    What a great gift, but I'm keeping one for me

    'Reading women,' and reading guys, have friends who make their own rules for living as they go through life, as in 'How can she do THAT?' This whimsical mini-book is a great gift for friends going through a difficult stretch, as a 'thinking of you, girlfriend' gift, and as a thought-starter for ....... At the beach (yep, it's great beach reading), women will grab a pen from the beach bag to write in their own rules, or lean back and close out the world as they justify their experiences according to their own rules of life. This nice-price book is wonderful guestroom bedside material... and makes a thoughtful 'extra' gift, perhaps atop the significant wedding shower gift. As I said in the headline, I'm keeping one for myself. (signed) a Yankee who could have been Sissy except by accident of birth

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 9, 2003

    A Real Treat

    This little book is a delight to read and so perfect to give as a graduation, birthday or wedding shower gift to smart girls who appreciate wit and aspire to wisdom.

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