You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start In The Morning 1st (first) Edition Text Only (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
THis book was okay, I was able to finish the whole thing, but it definitely wasn't as good as I expected and hoped it to be. I would say the Target Audience is probably a mother, and possibly someone who lives in the south, because I just didn't resonate with a lot of content in this book. THere were plenty of out-dated popculture references that made me twinge a little bit. Most of it was mildly-amusing at best but there was some one liners that were really clever. For example, I liked this line, "Sweetness oozing out of me like a stomped-on Twinkie". Overall, I probably wouldn't recommend this book to many people. It was really awesome that there were recipes at the back of each chapter though, I think I will save her pecan pie recipe and try to make that one someday! It's important to remember that memoirs are just that: memories from someone's childhood and/or adulthood. They are anecdotal stories meant to offer up a different perspective than our own. While this was no remarkable literary experience, there were pieces that made me laugh. I appreciated the first chapter where she discussed parents who are motivated by an OfficeDepot piece of paper celebrating perfect attendance, while their children are hosts of the viral plague. Not being from the South, I laughed at her descriptions of crazy people, and how Southerners embrace their crazies. A particularly touching chapter was the chapter she talked about her dad's passing. This isn't Celia's best book, in my opinion, but a memoir it is.
What do You think about You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start In The Morning 1st (first) Edition Text Only (2000)?
This was a pretty fun read. I enjoyed/related to some chapters more than others.
—Aniya
Not as good as 'We're just Like You...' but still pretty funny!
—taypruitt
Many of these essays had me laughing out lout.
—Steph08
