Miss Hildreth Wore Brown - by Olivia Debelle Byrd (Paperback)

About the Book

With storytelling written in the finest Southern tradition from the soap operas of Chandler Street in the quaint town of Gainesville, Georgia, to a country store on the Alabama state line, Olivia deBelle Byrd delves with wit and amusement into the world of the Deep South with all its unique idiosyncrasies and colloquialisms.

Book Synopsis

With storytelling written in the finest Southern tradition from the soap operas of Chandler Street in the quaint town of Gainesville, Georgia, to a country store on the Alabama state line, Olivia deBelle Byrd delves with wit and amusement into the world of the Deep South with all its unique idiosyncrasies and colloquialisms.

Review Quotes

"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

"As a fifth generation Southerner, I thought I knew all there was to know about Southern culture. However, Olivia deBelle Byrd has taught me a thing or two. Miss Hildreth Wore Brown covers everything from Sunday church, beauty pageants and Northern exposure with humorous insight. This is one that you'll want to savor with a mint julep!"
--MICHAEL MORRIS, author of A Place Called Wiregrass

"Olivia deBelle Byrd is a wonderful writer if you happen to enjoy wit, talent, charm, and good looks. Anyone who has ever cracked a grin at the works of Nora Ephron or Fannie Flagg owes it to herself to read Miss Hildreth Wore Brown, which is the warmest, wisest, funniest book I've read in a month of Sundays. It's like lunch with your wittiest friends--full of heart, love, and juicy gossip!"
--ROBERT LELEUX, author of The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy

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