{"product_id":"9780525562924","title":"Southern Lady Code: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays that are \"like being seated beside the most entertaining guest at a dinner party\" (\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal Constitution)—\u003c\/i\u003ef\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003erom \u003ci\u003ethe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Housewives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thank you Helen Ellis for writing down the Southern Lady Code so that others may learn.” —Ann Patchett, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dutch House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen 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.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these twenty-three 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, Helen 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.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370252341309,"sku":"9780525562924","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780525562924_p0.jpg?v=1771566448","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780525562924","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}