It’s a fairly short book – just under 300 pages but with tons of photos and recipes that you could easily finish the book in a day or two. The shaped the woman she has become and the way Witherspoon lives her life today. She, along with other strong women in Witherspoon’s childhood, instilled that southern culture in her, right down to her core. Witherspoon’s grandmother Dorothea was the epitome of southern womanhood. The whiskey represents the more boisterous aspects of southern culture – the music and the fight for fairness.
It’s the way southern women follow the Golden Rule – they treat others with grace and respect, just as they would want to be treated. The teacup represents the manners and hospitality that southern are known for. That feisty metaphor describes the Reese Witherspoon in her memoir to a T. “Dorothea always said that it was a combination of beauty and strength that made southern women ‘whiskey in a teacup.’ We may be delicate and ornamental on the outside, she said, but inside we’re strong and fiery.” (page 10) What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
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