{"product_id":"mississippi-sissy-kevin-sessums-9780312341022","title":"Mississippi Sissy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMississippi Sissy\u003c\/i\u003e is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he grew up in Forest, Mississippi, befriended by the family maid, Mattie May, he became a young man who turned the word sissy on its head, just as his mother taught him. In Jackson, he is befriended by Eudora Welty and journalist Frank Hains, but when Hains is brutally murdered in his antebellum mansion, Kevin's long road north towards celebrity begins. In his memoir, Kevin Sessums brings to life the pungent American south of the 1960s and the world of the strange little boy who grew there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKevin Sessums is some sort of cockeyed national treasure.\" --Michael Cunningham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Sessums\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312341024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312341022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/18\/2009 pg. 63","brand":"Kevin Sessums","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994831388927,"sku":"9780312341022","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d86ebcc8-9b40-41b8-bfa8-f85238726a31.jpg?v=1683332430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mississippi-sissy-kevin-sessums-9780312341022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}