That kind of woman. Topeka three-way -- How to stay happily married -- Free to be ... you and me (and childfree) -- Room of one's own (that's full of gay men) -- Other woman's Burberry coat -- Peggy Sue got marijuana -- What every girl shoudl learn for ABC's The bachelor -- Ghost experience -- Party foul -- Today was a good day -- Straighten up and fly right -- Halloween people -- Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1979 -- How to be the best guest -- When to write a thank-you note -- An Emily Post for the apocalypse -- How I watch pornography like a lady -- Dumb boobs -- Young ladies, listen to me -- Seven things I"m doing instead of a neck lift -- Serious women -- That kind of woman.
Summary:
In these twenty-three raucous essays Ellis transforms herself into a dominatrix Donna Reed to save her marriage, inadvertently steals a $795 Burberry trench coat, witnesses a man fake his own death at a party, avoids a neck lift, and finds a black-tie gown that gives her the confidence of a drag queen. While she may have left her home in Alabama, married a New Yorker, forgotten how to drive, and abandoned the puffy headbands of her youth, 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.
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