Southern Fried Divorce

There are good books, there are great books, and then there are books that you just don't want to end. Southern Fried Divorce is one you just don't want to end. I have probably read this book 10 times and I laugh and cry with the same intensity every time. Judy Conner's first book is a total smash hit. I have a few books that I never get rid of and this is one of them. She is funny, down to earth, and proves, once again, that love is not always enough to keep two people together.

This book is beautifully crafted. Apparently Judy Conner has inherited an attribute she credits to her father: not a single word is wasted. At the same time, Conner's voice comes through loud and clear.On the surface, this is a book about an ex-husband and an ex-dog, but the reader will quickly realize that it's really about how much fun it is to know people well and to live among them.Others have written that they could not put this book down. I had to put it down, but found I couldn't wait to pick it up again. This is a superb choice for the pool or the beach or picking up the kids at school. Just don't let those kids read over your shoulder.

Ms. Conner stands out from the pack of howling divorcees, bent on baying and nipping at the heels of that no-good straying ex. Instead, Ms. Conner's book is an exploration of the concept that love cannot conquer all, but that's no reason not to honor a valiant effort. This book is an extraordinary love story told with a wit and style that entertains and amuses at the same time that it causes us to examine our defintion of " a love lost."

Ok, this has nothing to do with the fact that my own personal sister wrote this book. Believe me, we are hard, cynical women--we knew that if our own kids turned out ugly, we would know it and not think they were cute anyway, just because they are ours. Fortunately, they DID turn out perfect so we were not called upon to be so brutally honest but the point is--if my sister was not funny--I would know it and I would not say she was just because she's my sister. Funny is important to us and I would not lie about a thing like that. This book is hilarious--and true--and sweet, in a way that's peculiar to our family, I think. It is my opinion that you will love this book and be somehow improved by the reading of it--certainly your disposition will be improved and that counts for a lot in this world.

I laughed. I cried. I read this one all in one night. I don't remember dinner. But I'll never forget the brown dog.This is a raucous report of a very messy divorce that becomes a one of a kind love story. The book is addictive. Once started it is very, very difficult to put down. I loved the trip through the R & B bar society, the nude swim with the brown dog in the upscale men's club and so much more.Read it. Love it. Eat dinner first. Find out why you don't pet the brown dog.