{"product_id":"rules-for-the-southern-rulebreaker-missteps-and-lessons-learned-9781631528583","title":"Rules for the Southern Rulebreaker: Missteps and Lessons Learned","description":"Southern women are inundated with rules starting early--from always \u003cbr\u003ewearing sensible shoes to never talking about death to the dying, and \u003cbr\u003ecertainly not relying on song lyrics for marriage therapy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNevertheless, Katherine Snow Smith keeps doing things like falling off \u003cbr\u003eher high heels onto President Barack Obama, gaining dubious status as \u003cbr\u003ethe middle school \"lice mom,\" and finding confirmation in the lyrics of \u003cbr\u003eMiranda Lambert after her twenty-four-year marriage ends. Somehow, \u003cbr\u003edespite never meaning to defy Southern expectations for parenting, \u003cbr\u003emarriage, work, and friendship, Smith has found herself doing just that \u003cbr\u003efor over four decades. Luckily for everyone, the outcome of these \u003cbr\u003e\"broken rules\" is this collection of refreshing stories, filled with \u003cbr\u003evulnerability, humor, and insight, sharing how she received lifelong \u003cbr\u003eadvice from a sixth-grade correspondence with an Oscar-winning actress, \u003cbr\u003econvinced a terminally ill friend to write good-bye letters, and won the\u003cbr\u003e mother of all \"don't give up\" lectures by finishing a road race last \u003cbr\u003e(as the pizza boxes were thrown away). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRules for the Southern Rule Breaker\u003c\/i\u003e will resonate with every \u003cbr\u003ewoman, southern or not, who has a tendency to wander down the hazy side \u003cbr\u003eroads and realizes the rewards that come from listening to the pull in \u003cbr\u003eone's heart over the voice in one's head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnow Smith, Katherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Katherine Snow Smith has lived throughout the South as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, public relations executive, daughter, sister, mother, wife, divorcee, and friend. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and started her journalism career covering three miniscule towns in South Carolina. After a stint covering business in Charlotte, NC, she got married, moved to Florida, and started a twenty-year career at the \u003ci\u003eTampa Bay Times\u003c\/i\u003e--first covering business, and then, after having a baby, creating a parenting column, Rookie Mom, for the paper. Now--three kids, two careers, and one divorce later--she's embracing the fact that life has many chapters.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260181578002,"sku":"9781631528583","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c6e2229-f96a-40a2-8d31-32d626252c9e.jpg?v=1746638695","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rules-for-the-southern-rulebreaker-missteps-and-lessons-learned-9781631528583","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}