When Did White Trash Become the New Normal?

A Southern Lady Asks the Impertinent Question

Tattoos. Unwed pregnancy. Giving up on shaving…showering…and employment. These used to be signatures of a trashy individual. Now they’re the new norm. What happened to etiquette, hygiene, and self-restraint? Charlotte Hays, Southern gentlewoman extraordinaire, takes a humorous look at the spread of white trash culture to all levels of American society.

©2013 Charlotte Hays (P)2014 Regnery Publishing

Some good insights, a bit too much negativity

I bought this book thinking it was more of a book on southern etiquette .... some manners were spoken about that I will take with me as good knowledge.... but unfortunately the author uses a lot of negative references that almost made it unbearable for me.

Interesting but a little extreme for me

I get her point, and mostly agree. However she is someone who beats a dead horse. Her social commentary does bordered on extreme judgment, but that is sort of the point of the book. I think she has a good overall theme, but some of the details are a bit much. After all a true lady is also always gracious.

Valid Observations on Society's Demise

I wasnt sure how to rate this. Although, her observations are very valid and I agree with her 90%. I probably would have given 4 stars if her presentation had not been so snarky and condenscending; especially, since she had admitted her own mistakes of the past.
We are stuck with this new normal. it is not going anywhere...sadly.

Not what I expected

I just had surgery, so so holding a book or focusing on an intricate plotline didn’t appeal to me. I wanted a book with a lot of funnies. This was not it. This book is very political. I love politics, but that was not what I was looking for after my surgery. I wanted to laugh — not try to be sold on a particular way of thought.