Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy: The Belle of All Things Southern Dishes on Men, Money, and Not Losing Your Midli fe Mind

by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson

Overview

The bestselling author of Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On! returns with more helpful how-to's and keen observations from Dixie.

Guided by principles from the ancient Belle Doctrine, the host of radio and television's All Things Southern offers down-home advice on everything from health and fitness-managing thy caloric calculations without going Straight Running Crazy and surviving the Raging Inferno Syndrome (aka hot flashes)-to the Southern art of handling your man (Bubba Whispering). Whether giving business tips or debunking the Big Boned Theory, making political observations or celebrating the inevitable resurgence of big hair, Shellie is an adviser women can relate to and laugh with regardless of their age or which side of the Mason-Dixon they call home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425240854
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/03/2011
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Shellie Rushing Tomlinson is the author of the award-winning nonfiction humor titles Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On and Sue Ellen’s Girl Ain’t Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy! She is a popular blogger and speaker, and the host of the radio program All Things Southern LIVE. Tomlinson loves sharing humor and hope with audiences across the country. She and her husband have two grown children. They live and farm in Louisiana.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Prologue 1

1 She Got Those Heavy Legs from Her Mama's Side 5

Thoughts on Fitness, Health, and Self-Improvement with Sensational Salads to Baby Your Curves

2 The Science of Bubba Whispering 43

How to Train a Bubba with Main Dish Recipes He'll Sit Up and Beg For

3 Normal Crazy vs. Straight Running Crazy 83

Southern Insight on the Absurd with Bread Recipes That Rise to the Occasion

4 Self-Cleaning Underwear, an Idea Whose Time Should Never Come 119

Time Management and Business Development Tips with Casserole Recipes to Beat the Clock

5 Ya Southern Mama Is Following You on Twitter 155

Thoughts on Manners and Social Media with Snacks to Please Any Crowd

6 Paulette the Pundit, Lord Help Us One and All 193

Political and Economic Observations with Soup Recipes to Stretch the Family Budget

7 Rein It In, Geraldo 233

Regional Showdowns with Side Dishes and Vegetable Recipes to Iron Out Our Differences

8 Parties, Presents, and a Missing Bubba Perched in a Deer Stand 263

Holiday Survival Tips with Dessert Recipes for Your Sweeties

9 If All Else Fails, Laugh 295

Miscellaneous Thoughts from The Belle of All Things Southern with This and That Recipes to Add to Your Bag of Tricks

Editorial Reviews

The bestselling author ofSuck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On!(2008) continues the tradition of generously bestowing her grand ol' insight into all things Southern.

Tomlinson's graceful ability to sensibly break down the difference between "normal crazy" (piercing your nose) and "straight running crazy" (piercing your private parts) is appreciated. She rails on topics such as modern-day potty training and reaffirms the importance of being a lady at all times, at any cost. Sometimes it seems as though random stories are included for no other purpose than to take up space on a page, but Tomlinson's dialect ("I'm as busy as a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs myself") is by and large engaging and peppery enough to make readers wish they were sitting on a porch in the heat sipping a tall, cold glass of sweet tea. Tomlinsonintersperses her southern-fried yarns with a collection of recipes to match, more than a handful of which include "The Holy Trinity of Southern Cooking" (one cup each chopped onion, bell pepper and celery). Most enjoyable are the author's inclusion of reader-generated material,which recount her fans' own Southern Mama-isms, such as "I'm going to pinch your head off and spit in the hole." Why? "Because spit burns!"

A little bit redneck and a whole lot of charm.

Kirkus Reviews