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    Embrace Your Southern, Sugar!
    Embrace Your Southern, Sugar!
    Embrace Your Southern, Sugar!
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    Embrace Your Southern, Sugar!

    By Julia Fowler

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    “I will always love the South and I will always love Julia Fowler. Now go buy this book and get ready to feel somethin’ Southern!” —Dolly Parton

    More irresistible stories and sayings from the creator of YouTube’s Southern Women Channel.

    Ms. Julia Fowler is back, and this time she’s goin’ to talk her lipstick off about even more things Southern. If you’re not from the South, we hope to learn ya a thing or two that you can tote back into your own culture. If you are from the South, then you’re ‘bout to be happier than a mule in a pickle patch: Julia’s laugh-out-loud essays cover the dadblame weather, your obsession with football, your Southern fried palate, comin’ and goin’, your health, and bein’ country, all complemented by a list of sayings you will only ever hear in the South. Julia says to embrace it all, as there is nothing purdier than authenticity: Embrace Your Southern, Sugar!

    “Julia Fowler and I are Gaffney, SC soul sisters cut from the same cloth! There is nothing more lovely, gracious or warm than cozying up with Julia’s book. You’ll be reading with a smile on your face.” —Andie McDowell, actor and fashion model

    “Julia Fowler’s new book brought back so many memories. I could relate to so much, she had me laughing and crying . . . Being a Southerner is a gift from God, always to be treasured as a sacred thing. Thank you, Julia, for reminding me of this and for sharing this knowledge with all the poor unfortunates who sadly never had the privilege of growing up Southern.” —Delta Burke, actor, producer, and author
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateFeb 12, 2021
    ISBN9781423654001
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    • 3/5
      I love all things southern so this book was right up my alley. That being said, I felt like this books was full of cliches. Almost like a Hollywood version of what they think a southerner should be. I did enjoy some of the essays and the book is beautifully designed.
    • 5/5
      I am a Florida cracker with parents from the northeast. So I am a mix. That being said, I loved this collection of essays and sayings of southern women. I have true southern relatives and in-laws and friends...now some of what they say and so makes more sense to me...more of a cultural and not eccentric thing...like "I wanna hug your neck..." So I had a lot of chuckles with this little book. I don't think a true southerner would be offended by this, nor would a Yankee be bored. Good little book for anyone!!!
    • 4/5
      As a Yankee, I have always been charmed by the South. The accents, the food, the attitudes. My niece lives in Charleston SC and I have delightedly seen her go from Jersey Girl to Southern Girl.

      This book was a witty jaunt through the important things in Southern Life: Weather, Football, Etiquette, and Food among other things. I had a few laugh out loud moments... a thoroughly delightful quick and entertaining read for a New Year. I recommend it to y'all!
    • 5/5
      I received this from Library Thing Early Reviewers. THANK YOU!

      It is a hoot!

      Julia Fowler explains life from the Southern Perspective. “Comin’ and Goin’”, “Obsession With Football”, “Southern Cooking” and “Just Bein’ Southern”, Fowler gives tips and more with a good dose of humour.

      Football is not just a sport to a Southerner — it is a major part of life — a religion. The focus is on high school and college teams. Friday is high school games and Saturday is college games. And a true Southerner does not miss either. It doesn’t matter if they attended the college of their choice…it is the team that matters.

      Southern food is considered the ultimate form of hospitality. Each area has their distinct cuisine and they each claim it to be “the best’> Food is a part of every event; welcome to the neighbourhood, funerals, holidays or stopping by to chat. Food is an expression of love.

      The book is filled with southern phrases, some I’m familiar with from friends and many I’d never heard. It is interesting what a number of phrases can really mean!

      It is a fun read that can bring some smiles your way — and we call all use some smiles! It also has a few southern recipes to try out for a taste of southern cooking.
    • 4/5
      A big thank you to LibraryThing for this book in exchange for my honest review.

      What a funny and charming book! I had a smile on my face when I wasn't laughing out loud.

      Ms. Fowler really loves the South where she grew up. I'm so glad she has passed her thoughts on various aspects of Southern living to us: the weather, the South's obsession with football, food, health, being country, and comin' and goin' (baby showers for those comin' and funerals for those goin').

      I loved all the Southern sayings. Of course, being from Southern Indiana, I have heard many but certainly not all of them. There are pages and pages of sayings with the subject corresponding with the section.

      Ms. Fowler has a YouTube channel, Southern Women, and I have a feeling it's as charming as this book. You don't have to be a Southerner to enjoy this light read.
    • 3/5
      OK, I am from the North, Indiana, but I live in the South, Texas. This book seemed fluffy to me. Some of the things that she said in the book made me angry. Some were funny and other things well, I wanted to have my time back for reading them.

      Angry stuff, I got made when she assumed as funeral customs in the South were different from the North. The author lived in New York City, I lived in Indiana. The funeral customs in the Midwest are very much the same as in the South, we in the North are not all the same. Also saying goodbye to relatives in the Midwest can be an endless set of conversations, starting from when the guest says, "well, I had better be on my way" to last one as the guest has her car in reverse and her foot on the accelerator. I am angry because these are not just Southern culture, they are alsp Midwestern culture!

      This book alternates between essays on Southern Culture with different topics in very small print and sayings in large print.

      I won a finished copy of the above book in a contest in Library Thing. My thoughts and feelings in this review are entirely my own

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    Embrace Your Southern, Sugar! - Julia Fowler

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    Embrace

    Your

    Southern,

    Sugar!

    Julia Fowler

    Photo of logo.

    Digital Edition 1.0

    Text © 2020 Julia Fowler

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any

    means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher,

    except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.

    Published by

    Gibbs Smith

    P.O. Box 667

    Layton, Utah 84041

    1.800.835.4993 orders

    www.gibbs-smith.com

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Names: Fowler, Julia, 1971- author.

    Title: Embrace your Southern, Sugar! / Julia Fowler.

    Description: First edition. | Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, [2020] | Summary:

    Ms. Julia Fowler is back, and this time she’s goin’ to talk her lipstick off about even more all-things-Southern-- Provided by publisher.

    Identifiers: LCCN 2019054601 | ISBN 9781423654001 (epub)

    Subjects: LCSH: American wit and humor--Southern States. | Southern

    States--Humor. | Southern States--Social life and customs--Humor. |

    Southern States--Quotations, maxims, etc. | LCGFT: Humor. | Quotations.

    Classification: LCC PN6231.S64 F69 2020 | DDC 818/.602--dc23

    LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019054601

    This book is dedicated to Granny Winnie, Papa Cooter, Granny Fowler, and Papa Fowler. Your love, humor, and Southernness are forever monogrammed on my heart. I miss y’all every dadgum day.

    Contents

    Introduction

    Embrace Comin’ and Goin’

    Embrace the Dadblame Weather

    Embrace Your Obsession with Football

    Embrace Your Southern Fried Palate

    Embrace Your Health

    Embrace Bein’ Country

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Well, bless y’all’s hearts! It seems my first book, Talk Southern to Me, made y’all grin like a rooster in a hen house, so the good folks over at Gibbs Smith Publisher asked if I wanted to write a sequel. Is a ten-pound robin fat? Does Martha White make a mean biscuit? Is a frog’s butt watertight? Sho’nuff! I’m plumb tickled to death to keep talkin’ Southern to y’all, and if that’s not a fact, then God’s a possum.

    Birthing my first book was a fascinating journey—kinda like birthing a baby, I reckon. I once heard comedian Carol Burnett say, Giving birth is like taking your bottom lip and forcing it over your entire head. Perhaps this is why I never had youngins. In any case, while birthing Talk Southern to Me was a challenge, I found it significantly less painful than Carol Burnett’s description of childbirth. So I licked the calf again—even though climbing a mountain of blank pages is more terrifying than strolling into church late on Easter Sunday.

    Now for youins who missed my first book or have never seen the videos on my YouTube Southern Women Channel—let me get y’all up to speed. I was born and raised in Gaffney, South Carolina, and graduated from the University of South Carolina. The truth is, I always took my Southernness for granted. I never really thought about it much. It wasn’t until I began pursuing a career in show business, and found myself living outside of the South in both New York City and Los Angeles, that I realized just how Southern I am. And just how many hearts needed blessing. Many highfalutin showbiz folks warned that my Southernness would be an obstacle to success. Bless ’em. I’ve found the opposite to be true. I’ve found that being Southern is not only a privilege, it’s my greatest asset. I proudly embrace my Southern.

    Despite umpteen gajillion voice and diction classes, I still choose to speak in my native Southern accent. Yes, I can lose it in a second. But why would I? I enjoy confusing non-Southerners by speaking Southernese like, Shootfire, come Friday week I’m gonna give that idjut a whatfor and down the road. Which means next Friday I’m gonna have a come-to-Jesus meetin’ with an idiot. Still confused? It means we’re gonna have a heated conversation.

    The thing is, not only do I talk Southern, I also write Southern. Which can be a hitch in your giddy up when trying to peddle projects in Hollywood, ’cause most of the bigwigs in La La Land don’t speak Southernese. So, I decided to make a video for YouTube. I gathered some of my talented Southern girlfriends and made a video called Sh%t Southern Women Say. Our first video went viral in twenty-four hours, and that’s how the Southern Women Channel was born. Years later, it’s a hobby gone wild. Even though we’re all busy with our separate careers, we still get a hoot and holler outta making YouTube videos, and the channel now has more than twenty-three million views.

    I’m forever grateful to the devoted fans of Southern Women Channel and for all the love my first book received. I get such a kick out of celebrating Southern language and culture. We Southerners are a particular bunch who have our own sense of style, prescribe to our own code of etiquette, and can craft an insult dripping in so much honey you’d think we’re giving you a compliment. Well, sweetie pie, I couldn’t pull that off, but look at you!

    This book is another love letter to the South. It explores eccentric Southern traits not covered in my previous book. As you read, I hope you conjure joyful memories of all the Southerners who have graced your life. If you’re not from the South, I hope to learn ya a thing or two that you can tote back into your own culture. If you are from the South, then you better go call your Mama and ’nem and thank ’em for your Southern raising. Thank them for teaching you the art of Southern charm and to speak the Southern tongue. Thank them for guiding your life with homespun Southern philosophies like, An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure. There’s nothing purdier in this world than authenticity.

    Embrace Your Southern, Sugar!

    Photo of authors signature.

    Embrace

    Comin’

    and

    Goin’

    Comin’ and Goin’

    Hey Sugarbritches!

    Southerners are not stealthy creatures. You can hear us coming from a mile away.

    Well, fry my feet and call ’em drumsticks! Lookahere what the cat drug in! Mercy days, I haven’t seen you since you were knee high to a grasshopper! Let me hug your neck, darlin’. [Insert neck hug.] Lord, look at you all grown up and prettier than a pie supper. How’s your Mama and ’nem? This is a standard Southern greeting. This is part of Southern hospitality. No matter where you go in

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