Cattywampus. A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing When Life Goes Sideways - Ellen Skrmetti

Cattywampus (adj.)

Pronunciation: kat-ee-wom-puhs
Origin: Southern American English 

 
Ellen Skrmetti, comedian and bestselling author, returns with a collection of hilarious essays about what happens when life goes sideways—or, if you're Southern, when things go cattywampus.

Such as when you’re living your life, raising your kids… and then suddenly you’re raising your parents too. When your hormones go haywire and you’re navigating “The Change” with no warning… and at the same time your daughter is navigating her own "changes." (You also have to navigate that fact that nobody in the South calls things by their real names.) When you’re forced to confront the possibility that you haven’t always seen everything clearly, and you need to course-correct, stat.

The hilarious essays in this book include:

This laugh-out-loud collection will entertain, inspire, and remind you that even when life seems out of control, God is in control.