Olivia deBelle Byrd - MISS HILDRETH WORE BROWN - Anecdotes of a Southern Belle | Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana

Start: 12/02/2010 6:00 pm

End: 12/02/2010 7:30 pm

Join us for a reading & signing with Olivia deBelle Byrd featuring MISS HILDRETH WORE BROWN - Anecdotes of a Southern Belle. Byrd, a self-described Southern Belle, says the collection of humorous essays that deal with everything from parties where society ladies wear Christmas trees with blinking lights hanging from their ears, to stories about Sunday church, where a mink coat is mistaken for a possum, all come from personal experiences. “After I was telling one of my many stories for the umpteenth time, my long-suffering husband looked at me with glazed over eyes and said, ‘Why don’t you just write this stuff down?’ So I did.”

With comparisons to Fannie Flagg, Olivia deBelle Byrd offers up storytelling written in the finest Southern tradition. With wit and amusement, Byrd delves into the world of the Deep South with all its unique idiosyncrasies.

Essays in the collection include characters who dance across the page from Great-Aunt Lottie Mae, who is as “old-fashioned and opinionated as the day is long,” to Mrs. Brewton who calls everyone “dahling” whether they are darling or not, to Isabella with her passion for mint juleps and drama, both in equal measure.

With Miss Hildreth Wore Brown, Olivia deBelle Byrd proves that she is the real thing—an authentic Southern Belle with stories galore. I can’t wait to give this hilarious and heartwarming book to all my sweet friends.
—Cassandra King,author of The Same Sweet Girls