satirical analysis of WASP customs

I bought this for 30p at a library sale, as I'd enjoyed Florence King's autobiography, "Memoirs of a Failed Southern Lady". This one wasn't quite as amusing, as I guess wasps are less interesting to us non-US folk than Southern Belles, and her commentaries on various waspish stereotypes just aren't as much fun as the story of her upbringing by her crazy family. It doesn't help that I have never heard of half the people she uses as waspish examples - Who is/was Carrie Nation? ( )

A read that draws you no matter what your ethnic background. Minor drawbacks are that Miss King seems to focus on the East Coast verus the bulk of the country. However, even with this limited scope, her observations ring true even thirty years after it's initial publication. The Beachcomber WASP (the one who chucks away everything to follow his dream and dragging his family behind) stills exists to this day. If you are a devoted King reader it is worth the effort to track this down!