{"product_id":"south-toward-home-paperback","title":"South Toward Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Reed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn considering the pleasures and absurdities of her native culture, Julia Reed quotes another Southern writer, Willie Morris, who said, \"It's the juxtapositions that get you down here.\" These juxtapositions are, for Julia, the soul of the South, and in her warmhearted and funny new book, \u003ci\u003eSouth Toward Home, \u003c\/i\u003eshe chronicles her adventures through the highs and the lows of Southern life--taking us everywhere from dive bars and the Delta Hot Tamale Festival to an impromptu shindig on a Mississippi River sandbar and a coveted seat on a Mardi Gras float. She writes about the region's music and food, its pesky critters and prodigious drinking habits, its inhabitants' penchant for making their own fun--and, crucially, their gift for laughing at themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her distinctive voice and knowing eye, Julia also provides her take on the South's more embarrassing characteristics from the politics of lust and the persistence of dry counties to the \"seemingly bottomless propensity for committing a whole lot of craziness in the name of the Lord.\" No matter what, she writes, \"My fellow Southerners have brought me the greatest joy--on the page, over the airwaves, around the dinner table, at the bar or, hell, in the checkout line.\" \u003ci\u003eSouth Toward Home, \u003c\/i\u003ewith a foreword by Jon Meacham, is Julia Reed's valentine to the place she knows and loves best.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIA REED is a contributing editor at\u003ci\u003e Garden \u0026amp; Gun, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere she writes the magazine's The High \u0026amp; the Low column. Her books include \u003ci\u003eBut Mama Always Puts Vodka in Her Sangria; Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties; \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e. Reed divides her time between New Orleans and Greenville, Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751439597856,"sku":"9781250867780","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/01d333e7e0675647e7f7096de8d9f5a2.webp?v=1779973380","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/south-toward-home-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}