This book, Southern Fried Women, caught my attention because I haven’t read a collection of short stories in a while. I have been sort of stuck on books in series and I needed a change. Having lived in the south for part of my youth, I was drawn to reading about this lifestyle.

SOUTHERN FRIED WOMEN

A history of bigotry in a local diner is uncovered in Pigment of my Imagination, as the owner defends two young women and their right to be served.

Vernell Paskins, Mobile Home Queen is a woman who lives in the land of the doublewides and works at the interstate flea market.

Cry finds a pregnant woman lost, alone, broken down on a deserted road, and in labor.

A stranger arrives in town after a women’s prayer group hears angels sing during a violent coal mine strike in Coal Dust On My Feet.

In Punkin Head, one woman struggles with the decision to keep her unborn baby, as her husband’s employer—a popular televangelist—is opposed to having children.

In The Homestead, a deceased woman reveals that death is not the end of existence.

A single mother discovers why her young son despises their pastor during his
once-a-month Sunday dinner inviation in Old Time Religion.

Two Pentecostal young ladies become Beach Babies, shedding their cotton dusters for bathing suits, makeup, and getting their fortunes told at Carolina Beach.

And grief shows up 30 years after a woman forgets her best friend in No Time For Laura.

About the Author:

Born in West Virginia, Pam was raised in a tiny town in Northeast Ohio, traveling frequently back to the South where her parents are from. Specifically, the coal towns of Clay County, West Virginia where she was born a
coalminer’s granddaughter. A place that deeply influenced her as a writer.

Raised by a tribe of wild Pentecostals, Pam cut her teeth on the back of a church pew, growing up in clapboard churches, tabernacles, and tent revivals. After she shook the sawdust off her feet and out of her hair, much of her early adult life was spent within the inner circle of an evangelical megachurch, under the watchful eyes of a well-known televangelist. During those turbulent years, Pam wrote non-stop. She attended creative writing classes at The University of Akron and Kent State University, but believes her best education came from the professionals—mentors and writers in the trenches.

As a single mother, she worked in Administrative Medicine, in Medical Education for two major teaching hospitals, and as a Pediatric Private Practice Administrator. Early in 2003, she married Michael and ended her 20-year medical career to fulfill her dream as a full-time writer and speaker.

Her award-winning stories, articles, and essays have appeared in magazines, anthologies, and newspapers in various states. She has taught the creative writing process, networking, and public speaking at numerous writers’ conferences and book festivals throughout the country.

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Here’s What I Think: While I was intrigued by the fact that this book was a collection of short stories, I was also a little nervous about it. Some authors have a tendency to tell the same story over and over again. Cable, however, has written nine completely different stories that span time periods and lifestyles. While the stories cover several ideas that often come to mind when we think of the south – faith, racial conflict, sassy women, and strong families. Some of the stories have a light-hearted tone, while others – like “Old Time Religion” literally brought me to tears. Cable has a very real and unique story telling voice that grabs you by the hand and says “listen to me”.

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