A. I happened across it a few days after a conversation with my younger daughter about cookbooks. In that conversation, she mentioned hearing about Paula Deen's hard life, and I was curious to know more.
Q. Did you like the
A. It was entertaining -- some parts more than others.
Q. Were the characters believable?
A. We're talking about real people here, so yes, they were.
Q. Did you like the writing style?
A. This book was written with a co-author, Sherry Suib Cohen, who took pains to stay true to Paula's Georgia dialect. As a writer, I probably would have done it the same way, but as a reader, I got a little tired of it by the end.
Q. Did you think about the book when you were doing other things?
A. Not really.
Q. Was there anything about the book that drove you nuts?
A. No. The dialect thing I mentioned didn't come close to crazy-making.
Q. How did you feel when you finished the book?
A. Admiration for how hard Paula worked to make something of herself.
Q. Will you keep the book to reread later?
A. No.
Q. Any final thoughts about the book?
A. There was a recipe at the end of nearly every chapter, and some of those looked really good.
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