Southern Fried Women

by Pamela King Cable

Book Overview

Pamela King Cable has woven together the music, language, the religions, and the traditions of the South. The result is Southern Fried Women, a collection of ten short stories about Southern Women,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976846934
• ISBN13: 9780976846932
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Spotlight Publishing
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Southern Fried Women by Pamela King Cable

Southern Fried Women is a beautifully written piece of literature. I savored each and every page and really hated to see the end of the book. I wasn't insulted by silly stories with juvenile plots and situations. It was mature writing that made me think she is a person who has experienced life and has become better, stronger and more resilient as a result. I was so inspired that she shared her wisdom with the world in such a moving and touching way! Her characters reminded me of Steel Magnolias and the women of the old south in Gone With the Wind. I can't wait to see future works from this wonderful, southern fried author. She's a keeper!

A Southern Fried Ride!

Yes, what a wonderful ride! There may be people who do not care for the use of photos at the beginning of each chapter - they are obviously wrong to think so. Sometimes I found myself studying the photos, even after I had begun reading the story - often going back and looking again - imagining how this story might truly have wrapped itself around the people and places in the photographs. Also, the use of simile and metaphor is filled with imagery and life; painting with words what most people can only hold in their imaginations. "Cry" is so full of painful reality and "Coal Dust on my Feet" broke my heart. "Beach Babies" is probably my favorite - Bertie is a tragic character, but one that has so much to teach us. Thank you, Pamela, for sharing your gift with the public. Sometimes as I read your words, I heard my own voice. We share many of the same beliefs, attitudes, joys, and heartaches in our observations of the world. Reading your book was like sitting down and spending an afternoon with you in conversation. Thank you. Debra Thomas

Wonderful

With a clear Southern voice and a remarkable gift of storytelling, Pamela King Cable has crafted a masterful collection of short stories. In themes ranging from flea markets to coal mine strikes, Southern Fried Women speaks of the wounds, joys, and sacrifices experienced by women who held strong in the winds of adversity and emerged bruised but miraculously unbroken. Each story is as thought-provoking as it is beautifully written. I absolutely loved this book and can't recommend it highly enough. --Beth Hoffman, bestselling author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Showcases the storytelling talents of Pamela King Cable

Southern Fried Women: A Collection Of Short Stories showcases the storytelling talents of Pamela King Cable. A history of bigotry in a local diner is the subject in "Pigment of my Imagination"; A woman lives in the land of doublewide trailers and works an interstate flea market in "Vernell Paskins, Mobile Home Queen"; a pregnant woman is lost, alone, broken down on a deserted road, and in labor in "Cry"; a stranger arrives in town after a women's prayer group hears angels sing during a violent coal mine strike in "Coal Dust On My Feet"; a woman struggles with the decision to keep her unborn baby in "Punkin Head"; a dead woman reveals that death is not the end of existence in "The Homestead"; a single mother discovers why her young son despises their one-Sunday-a-month guest in "Old Time Religion", two Pentecostal young ladies shed their cotton dusters for bathing suits, makeup, and a good time at Carolina Beach in "Beach Babies"; grief shows up some thirty years after a woman forgets her best friend in "No Time for Laura". Set in various locations and time periods in the American south, these are compelling and entertaining stories of forgiveness, death, love, discover, racial conflict, faith, tragedy, innocence, destiny, guilt, and overcoming obstacles. Pamela King Cable is one of those infrequent writers who can bring reality to fictional characters so strong that you'd swear you had encountered them in your own life's history. Southern Fried Women will leave the reader looking forward to more from this accomplished, imaginative, skilled, and entertaining author!

I Want To Be A Southern Fried Woman

The title alone says it all! This collection of short stories had me laughing, weeping, and nodding in commiseration at what we women put up with. Guilty of being an (ahem!) Northerner, I wasn't sure if I would appreciate the stories of pain, toil, love, friendship, and spirt that are at the heart of this book but I can say with a clear conscience--I get it. This is a book for all women (and men) interested in exploring not only what it means to be Southern (or a woman) but what it means to be human, and to feel disappointment, hope, and hardship. A wonderful new book from a gifted author.