| Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living | |
| Author: | Bailey White |
| Publisher: | Addison-Wesley |
| Published: | 1993 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-201-63295-8 |
Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living is a 1993 autobiography by Bailey White. The book is a collection of humorous anecdotes about White's experiences as a first-grade teacher living with her mother in rural Georgia. White originally presented these anecdotes as a series of fifty short pieces for National Public Radio, reading them herself. The book was also serialised in the Boston Globe and the Miami Herald.[1]
Publishers Weekly said readers and radio listeners would enjoy Mama Makes Up Her Mind[1] while Smithsonian said White's book would create her footing alongside other authors of Southern United States.[2]