Chicken-Fried Women

Friendship, Kinship, and the Women Who Made Us This Way

De: Melissa Radke

Narrado por: Melissa Radke

From the bestselling author of Eat Cake. Be Brave, a love letter to the strong, opinionated Southern women who raised her and surround us all.

Lucy and Ethel. Laverne and Shirley. Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche, and Rose. Chicken-Fried Women is a celebration of them: the women who raised us, taught us to cook and clap back. The ones who prayed for us, raged at us and humbled us a notch or two when we needed it. These are the women who have encouraged us, teased us, chastised us, and mortified us. And as they fill up the seats around our table, we realize we wouldn’t have it any other way.

They’re our Chicken-Fried Women—battered on the outside, tender on the inside. Some are salty and a couple are Nashville Hot. Filled with a hilarious cast of larger-than life women, this book explores why no one messes with Southern women and their hair, why the whole family comes along when you go bra shopping, why true crime and aquarobics brings us together, and how faith shapes us through it all.

Insightful, big-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny, Chicken-Fried Women is a celebration of friendship, kinship and the women who shaped us.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2025 Melissa Radke (P)2025 Worthy Books

Love love love this book!!!!!

Thank you Melissa for this book! I loved listening to you narrate it on Audible and I feel as though I know all the voices of your family now! 😂 I laughed, cried, and am
forever grateful for the Chicken Fried Woman that it brought to mind in my life! 20/10 and I recommend to every woman to read this book!

Laughter through tears

I loved everything about this book. I recommend it for all women, you will love it.

Hilariously Relatable

The stories in this book are heartwarming and funny. For those of us who grew up among southern women, this book is a reminder of just how lucky we are. For those who did not, these stories make you feel like part of a family.

Tears and Laughter

Melissa is the best storyteller. She's so honesty it's refreshing. So many nuggets of wisdom in this book!

Melissa is so funny!

Listening to Melissa read her book was so entertaining. Her stories are real and relatable. Women need other women. Thanks for writing and sharing your stories.

Please read this! You will thank yourself!

This book was so relatable! Lots of laughter and tears. Thank you, Melissa! I was sad when it ended!

Such a familiar familial voice

Reminds me of lots of women on the periphery of my life throughout my childhood. Perfection!!

Such a sweet book!!

I loved all the stories about her chicken fried women! Very well done and will be sending this book to my girlfriends!!

Relatable!

This was one is the best books I have listened to in awhile! Smiled and laughed 90% of the time but had some tears and had to rewind a chapter and listen again because it felt directed at me and made me think hard about a few things! I do follow her on social and loved her prior to listening but it is worth a read or a listen even if you don’t follow her. So relatable!

Felt like I was in my momma’s kitchen!

I am a huge Melissa Radke fan and every part of this book explains why! Her people are MY people and we are battered in the same love, support and caring of the women who made us and love us beyond measure.