“In the provincial South … family ties rival the rampant kudzu for entanglement and tenacity.”

“In the provincial South … family ties rival the rampant kudzu for entanglement and tenacity.”

Sharon McKern

“Southerners have a genius for psychological alchemy … If something intolerable simply cannot…”

“Southerners have a genius for psychological alchemy … If something intolerable simply cannot be changed, driven away, or shot, they will not only tolerate it, but take pride in it as well.”

Florence King