The Cracker Queen
A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life

This book reminds me of David Sedaris or Jeannette Walls. It is a humorous memoir about growing up poor in the south with a crazy family. So many times when I read a book like this I think the humor sounds forced, but not in this book. I liked her childhood years better than her adult years and I re......more

A down-home testimonial to endurance and resiliency, Ms. Hannon has served up a narrative dinner beginning with a young life fraught with harrowing, painful circumstances and experiences; along with side dishes of poverty, instability, and fear. All washed down though, with all-you-can-drink humorou......more

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this memoir, although early on I wondered how this woman could have possibly made it out of childhood alive. Ms Hannon tells her story with a great deal of humor, but without glossing over the more sordid details of life with an alcoholic mother who liked the fellows aft......more

One of the best books ever. A whole lotta life lessons, with lots of sparkle and laughter mixed in, in one book. Makes all us Southern Cracker Queens want to don our tiaras and kick up our heels.......more

The strongest parts of this book are the author's vivid descriptions of growing up in south Georgia with her eccentric, troubled parents. The weakest parts are the somewhat annoying definitions of what the author calls "a cracker queen." Sorta like a self-help empowerment book in a way, but worth it......more