![]() It’s an appealing image, one in which femininity and feminism don’t need to be in conflict. “Beautiful and presented well on the outside… fierce and very strong on the inside.” The book’s title comes from a Dorothea maxim: “Southern women are like whiskey in a teacup,” she would say. (Never has a more impassioned defense of monograms appeared in print.) ![]() Witherspoon’s view of Southern traditions is nostalgic–a bit old-fashioned even–though she makes a fair case that true traditions are timeless. ![]() Growing up very close to her grandparents as well as her own mother and father, Whiskey in a Teacup is in large part a tribute to her grandmother, Dorothea, whose influence is evident on every page. And one of her three dogs is named Nashville.īorn in New Orleans and raised in Nashville, Witherspoon is as Southern as her June Carter Cash accent would have you believe. ![]() Here’s the first thing you need to know about Reese Witherspoon’s devotion to the South, even before reading Whiskey in a Teacup: Her youngest son is named Tennessee. ![]()
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