“A sassy dame who sounds tough—but at heart isn't—tells her life story. A love story that just keeps going.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“She's achieved a commendable feat in combining memoir, cookbook and self-help book into one funny-as-hell package.”
—Publishers Weekly

“I cried laughing and sometimes I just plain cried over Judy Conner's hilarious, bittersweet—but mostly really sweet—account of the wild ride that was her marriage and its aftermath. Adding to its considerable charms are the fact that it begins and ends with a fine brown dog and provides an excellent recipe for curried fruit—not to mention spot-on insights into New Orleans culture—in between.”
— Julia Reed, author of Queen of the Turtle Durby and Other Southern Phenomena

" I am keeping Southern Fried Divorce on my nightstand indefinitely. For those of us who need a big laugh before bed and simultaneously want to put the fear of God in our husbands, this book is the ticket. Judy Conner writes with such hilarity and truth, you'll read this one time and time again. I loved it!"
—Adriana Trigiani, author of the Big Stone Gap trilogy and The Queen of the Big Time

“One of the reasons that you laugh so hard at Judy Conner’s words about marriage and its often inevitable conclusion is because it feels so true. With good writing and with insights of someone who has tasted the bitter fruit, she makes you wince a little, nod your head in understanding and, if you are a man, squirm.”
—Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin’ and Ava’s Man

“Like all good comedy, this book explains things—things you wonder about. Like why New Orleanians ignore celebrities, and how to hug a ghost. But the best part is this—despite all that bragging Ms. Conner does about her mean streak, it’s a really sweet love story.”
—Julie Smith, author of Mean Woman Blues and Louisiana Lament

“I don’t know what to make of this book. It’s a shaggy dog story. It’s a cookbook. It’s a gimlet-eyed view of New Orleans’ drinking class. Which is to say that it’s a hell of a read.”
—John T. Edge, author of Southern Belly: The Ultimate Food Lover's Companion to the American South

“This book is more fun than a box of glue-huffing monkeys on St. Peter and Bourbon!”
—John Goodman

“If your dog doesn’t like this book, he has no sense of humor.”
—Roy Blount, Jr., author of Roy Blount’s Book of Southern Humor and If Only You Knew How Much I Smell You

“No relationship starts out headed for divorce; many end that way. In Judy Conner’s Southern Fried Divorce, we experience divorce in grand style—an ex who takes care of the things you don’t want to do AND picks up the bar tab for life—in New Orleans, at that. No wonder Judy is there for her ex in his sickness. This book will be responsible for many readers laughing out loud and recommending it to their friends. Southern Fried Divorce—a great name for this book. Judy has you laughing as you consume this plate full of southern fried humor.”
—Mary Gay Shipley, That Bookstore in Blytheville, Arkansas

“Southern Fried Divorce is refreshingly honest from beginning to end. A bright, evocative voice from the South, Judy Conner fries up divorce and serves it with plenty of laughs and Southern insight.”
—Sonny Gilmore, Crosshaven Books, Birmingham, Alabama

“[A] treasure chest of knowledge, all of it delightful, and all of it deliciously described. Chocked full of feminine grit and gagging.”
—Pat Hall, Lemuria Books, Jackson, Mississippi

“. . . an even-keeled emotional response filled with humor, not hate or melancholy . . . With the quirky qualities of New Orleans as the backdrop, Conner’s chronicling of her own failed marriage is a time-warped trip down her own memory lane, delivering absurd, touching and hilarious scenarios in rapid, readable succession.”
—The Gambit

“Like a double shot of Southern spring and a morning of mimosas at the Court of Two Sisters, Judy Conner has pounced quickly and excitedly upon the Deep South literary scene . . . Whether you’re divorced, separated, or at a stay-at-home stalemate, this book is a laugh-through-the-storm primer told with Southern charm and a whole lot of backbone. Women will cheer, men will think twice and dogs will howl with laughter.”
—Planet Weekly

“The antics of Conner’s ex-husband and his brown dog are the ostensible focus of the book, but Conner’s own bemused, sarcastic and, above all, fun-loving voice shows them and the city to us in a tenderly humorous light . . . a damn good time.”
—Where Y’at, A Monthly Guide to New Orleans

“Conner’s use of literary devices are joyous, written so skillfully that you feel as if you’re seated with her on the stoop, leaning in so you won’t miss one enticing word. Hold on tight to the arms of your chair, as I predict you’ll be hoopin’ and hollerin’, bending at the waist, rocking with laughter.”
—The Jackson Free Press

“. . . all her wit and charm come through . . . Conner’s tales are hilarious peeks into her world and that of the man she ‘hates.’”
—Oxford Town