There are Southern Belles and then there are Southern Fried Women. What is the difference? According to author Pamela King Cable, a "Southern Fried Woman" is one who is "born below the Mason-Dixon line and range in age from sixteen to ninety-six. They're not only fried, they are burnt out on empty promises, dead-end jobs, junk cars, making ends meet, and cheating husbands."

In other words, these are some tough ladies who are doing their best to survive, and in her book SOUTHERN FRIED WOMEN, Cable invites the reader into the most intimate places where these ladies live and shares their stories of just getting by til' something better comes along. And they always hope something better comes along.

In the ten short stories featured in this collection, Cable offers a rare glimpse of life in the "real world "of the South. Some of the stories are dark and a bit scary, some are downright funny, but all are authentic and ring so true that you feel you are on the front porch swing as the tales are being shared. For fans of Southern literature, SOUTHERN FRIED WOMEN is a book of genuine and heartfelt stories that should be required reading.