{"product_id":"just-as-we-were-a-narrow-slice-of-texas-womanhood-paperback-softback-9780292737686","title":"Just As We Were; A Narrow Slice of Texas Womanhood (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292737686","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJust As We Were\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Narrow Slice of Texas Womanhood\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePrudence Mackintosh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292737686\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a Texas debutante bows her forehead to the floor in the famous \"Texas dip,\" society columnists all across the country speculate interminably over what it is that sets Texas women apart. But really, how could they know? Even women born and bred in Texas can't always answer that question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrudence Mackintosh comes very close to an answer, though, in this endlessly entertaining book. Writing with both a wry sense of humor and an insider's compassion, she offers us a fascinating look into the world of privileged, educated, well-married, well-connected, and mostly wealthy white Texas women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat really sets these women apart, Ms. Mackintosh tells us, is the comfortable yet demanding path they follow from their idyllic girlhoods to prominent positions in society. In thirteen essays, some of which originally appeared in \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, she charts the way stations that mark this path: summer camps in the Texas Hill Country, exclusive private schools like Dallas' Hockaday, sorority membership, and acceptance into the Junior League.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrudence Mackintosh has been both an outsider and an insider in this privileged world, and her observations are shot through with wit and real insight. \u003ci\u003eJust As We Were\u003c\/i\u003e may not be the final word on elite Texas women, but no other book has described their world with greater irony or accuracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Soul of East Texas (\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, October 1989)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Greatest Experience of Your Life (\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, May 1975)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Hockaday Girls Are Different (\u003ci\u003eD Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, June 1978)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSisterhood Is Powerful (\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, September 1976)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Life and Hard Times in the Junior League (\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, December 1979)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReconcilable Differences (\u003ci\u003eSpecial Reports\u003c\/i\u003e, May-July 1991)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelp Wanted (\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, December 1977)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages from Life (\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, February 1988)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Timeless Spell of Ferndale (\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, May 1989)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Good Old Girls (\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, January 1978)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOff with the Girls . . . Uh, Women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFriends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoing Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530865471768,"sku":"9780292737686","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/just-as-we-were-a-narrow-slice-of-texas-womanhood-paperback-softback-9780292737686","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}