Everyone warned me that this book was impossibly racist; that the narrator was a stuck-up snob; that the humor was more cruel than funny. I didn't get any of that. It was just a case of a person out of place and time trying to cope with a life she'd never have chosen for herself. I kind of liked her.
Her neighbors The Kettles were hilarious. I wonder if they were some sort of inspiration for the classic "Ma and Pa Kettle" movies. (Which were hilarious, by the way.)
I don't exactly recommend it, but I didn't hate it.
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