We were excited to receive an email from talented Southern humor writer Lucy Adams a few weeks back, asking us to help spread the word about her newest snarky vignette-centered book. We were more than happy to help promote a fellow Southern writer! Read below for an inside peek at Lucy’s impressive resume (wahoo, another Georgia grad!) and a brief synopsis of her newest book!
“Mother of four, wife of one, teacher of many, writer of sorts, some days self-critical to the point of paralysis, bossy since birth, Lucy Adams trudges through life wanting a pool in her backyard so badly she can see the chlorine rainbows around the streetlights. Sometimes she wakes up in the morning thinking only of getting back in bed at night.
Her home is well organized. Everything has a place on the floor where she can easily find it, or die tripping over it.
She’s played taps for hundreds of withered houseplants.
Lucy Adams earned a B.S.Ed. in education from the University of Georgia, an M.S. in experimental psychology from Augusta State University, a graduate certificate of gerontology from UGA, and completed all of the classes, but none of the dissertation (ironically), toward a Ph.D in developmental psychology (also at UGA).
Lucy began writing professionally in 2033, when she talked her way into a weekly newspaper column in a local paper. From that, Lucy’s first book, If Mama Don’t Laugh, It Ain’t Funny, spun off in 2007. The publication of If Mama resulted in gaining her freelance work for magazines. In January 2011, her second book, Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run, was released. Both books were published by Palm Tree Press.
Ever laughed when you knew you shouldn’t? Battled with Satan over chocolate? Forgotten to wear lipstick to the Garden Club meeting? Tried to define variorium? At times like these, what else can you do but Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run?
In her much awaited second book, Lucy takes readers on a roller-coaster ride through life’s most embarrasing moments and delivers them safely on the other side. In her usual form, Adams gives readers an eye-watering, nose-snorting, giggling gift of a good time.
Join a 40 year-old bridesmaid on her journey to walk down the aisle, delve into a magnolia massacre, attend a hawg killin’ with the communists, do some island living country style, and inflict vicarious revenge on the inventor of the balloon. Adams’s wit will make you turn around and check your own underwear. Best of all we each can relax in the realization that we’re not the only ones running with our skirts tucked into our panties.”
I think we definitely all need a lighthearted, relatable read every now and then – especially during this busy time of year! Definitely check out the Southern treat asap.
