She's Gone Country: Dispatches from a Lost Soul in the Heart of Dixie

by Kyle Spencer

Book Overview

Where does a single, twentysomething girl go for adventure when she's been raised among Manhattan artists, drag queens, and intellectuals threatening to move to Cuba? If that girl is Kyle York... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375709045
• ISBN13: 9780375709043
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Mary Tyler Moore REDUX

Affable, quirky, searching for a spot to call home when she is already there, Kyle Spencer's use of detailed descriptions and witty one liners - a combination of Southern charm and New York savvy - make this book a great read. Similiar to Hemingway's time in Europe, with a full champagne glass and a lust for life, Ms Spencer writes an interesting tale of a young woman with the best of intentions, trying to make it through this journey we call "life".

she's gone country rules!

I loved this book. It was funny, witty and insightful. Anyone who's been single, had to deal with a loony relative or two, and/or turned to their friends in times of crises (and that's all of us) will connect to Kyle Spencer's story.

Take me away

I left the hospital saddened from visiting a very ill father. I needed a distraction to stop the tears. I had picked up She's gone country the very night my father had his stroke. The book sat on the passenger seat where it was thrown for a week. I noticed the book while parking my car at home and decided perhaps it would give me something else to think about. Kyle Spencer (the author) kept me company and told me events and observations that actually made me laugh out loud. If your a dreamer that has crashed and bured a time or two read this book. Thanks Kyle you turned off the saddness while you told me your story.

Take me away

Returning home from the hospital after visiting a very ill father I noticed a book I had purchased the same night my father had his stroke. It had been forgotten on the passenger seat where it was tossed. I brought the book in with me hoping it might take my mind off my father. Kyle Spencer is a good story teller. Her observations and recollections of her experiences had me laughing out loud. If your a dreamer that has crashed and burned a few times here's someone to relate to.

Look out Ya-Ya Sisterhood!

Few books make you laugh out loud as well as sob. This book does it! I liked it much better than "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." A story about a twenty something New Yorker struggling in the south to make it both personally and professionally is a page turner. And it is true! This is not fiction, but a memoir. Although some men might think this was a "chick book," my husband read it on my recommendation and enjoyed it enormously. There is a scene in an airplane that was so funny that I will never forget it. Parts about the author's father were incredibly touching. The book is well written and, like all of the best books, leaves you wanting more. I can't wait for Kyle Spencer's next book!