Title: The SWAG life /
Authors: Thompson, Melinda Rainey, 1963-
Publisher: John F. Blair,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Women Southern States.; Middle-aged women Southern States.; Women Southern States Humor.
Abstract: Following the success of her first book, "SWAG: Southern Women Aging Gracefully," Thompsons newest collection of humorous and touching essays addresses such problems as aging, becoming your mother, raising children who love sports, and more.
Contents: The suburban cliché -- Exercise guilt -- The new mattress -- Remote power -- Ten ways you know you live in the suburbs -- A woman with a past -- Ghosts of boyfriends past -- Notes on Southern men -- The outfit -- Things you just can't say -- Ten things better left in the past -- The parade only goes in one direction -- Marking time -- Something my mother would have done -- Invisible women -- Conversations with dead people -- Things I am too old to worry about anymore -- SWAG communication -- SWAG talk -- Canned remarks -- Wrap it up -- Body language -- Compliments and insults -- The unexpected -- The accident -- Ten ways women are ambushed by the unexpected -- The list lady -- Have you lost your mind? -- SWAG lists -- Mind your manners -- Mailing mama -- Taking turns with strangers -- Borrowing treasures -- Overheard in a crowd -- Ten things I am never going to do before I die -- Southern mamas and sports -- Overheard in the stands -- Bite your tongue -- Playing with the big boys -- You shouldn't be a little-league umpire if -- The old woman who lived in the shoe -- Busy days -- I quit -- Telephone manners -- To be missed -- Things children do that make me want to quit my mommy job -- My other jobs -- Special treatment -- Writing is a real job -- Career opportunities -- The business license -- Ten things about writing -- The suburban wilderness -- The holly tree -- The big white tent -- Mosquitoes -- This old yard -- Six reasons not to plan an outdoor wedding -- Curious characters -- Setting the table -- A little different -- Leila's envelopes -- Doug's shoes -- Miss Kendrick.