If Love Were Oil, I'd Be About a Quart Low by Lewis Grizzard

If Love Were Oil, I'd Be About a Quart Low Reviews

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  Paul Pessolano

  “If Love were Oil, I would be a Quart Low” by Lewis Grizzard, published by Peachtree Publishers, LTD.
  
  Category – Memoir/Humor Publication Date – October 01, 1983.
  
  If you have been following my reviews you know that I have been on a Lewis Grizzard kick. Lewis is a southern author from Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia and was a columnist for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.
  
  Most of Grizzard’s stories come mainly from his life which was fraught with problems. He was a product of a broken home, raised in the backwoods of Georgia, had a strong Methodist/Baptist upbringing by his mother and grandmother, and went through 3 marriages and divorces.
  
  Lewis led what one would consider a hard life, largely brought on by his late night escapades, smoking, drinking, and infidelity.
  
  This book gives the background that he considers what caused his later problems in life. The most telling of which is his discovering how much he missed the women in his life. This was for mostly selfish reasons, fresh squeezed orange juice, ironed shirts, folded underwear, and a clean house. These were the things he missed; including finding out that strange things grow on food left in the refrigerator too long.
  
  A wonderful read full of humor and truth, a book that could not be written today due to it being politically incorrect.
  
  
  
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  EuroHackie

  Funny, poignant, and even a little sad: this is more than just "Lewis Grizzard on women" - half of the book is about his family, and how those bonds shaped him before, during, and after the course of his romantic relationships.
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  Naomi Starling

  This is one of those books that I'd recommend to guys looking for someone to understand them and also to gals looking to understand their men. It really helps to open up about why a guy cheats, even when the woman has done nothing wrong. It also shares plenty of laughs along the way!
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  James Aura

  A timeless Americana classic.
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  Lucy Blue

  I think I read the entire Lewis Grizzard canon back in the 80s--my dad had all the books in paperback and on cassette tape.
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  Beth

  My mother loved Lewis Grizzard. His syndicated newspaper column appeared in our daily paper, and she and I would always read it together when I was growing up. We would repeat the funniest lines to each other over and over. He was a master of that good old down-home Southern humor. The titles of his books were always great, too (my favorite was "Shoot Low, Boys, They're Riding Shetland Ponies"). I remember when he died. I was almost ready to graduate from college, and it seemed particularly sad to me that someone who was such a big part of my growing up was passing on at that time. His writing was a lot like Rick Bragg's, except funnier, but not quite as polished. I remember that he also made a cameo appearance on an episode of "Designing Women".
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  Victoria

  An interesting read, all about Lewis and the loves of his life.
  
  Lewis begins with where he grew up in Moreland GA with his mother and grandparents after his mother divorced his father and then remarried. Next comes several crushes and the pains of first love, along with trying to figure out girls and romance. Finally at 19 Lewis marry s his high school sweetheart but the call of the singles bar's is too alluring.
  
  This is one of the better books by Lewis that I have read so far.
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  Deborah Harvey

  This is the first book by Lewis Grizzard that I've read and I enjoyed getting to know his humor and writing style. This one was somewhat of a biography of the early part of his life. Though he had some really sad times in his life...he found a way to laugh about it and to make us laugh, as well
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  Karen-Leigh

  This is one of those books that I'd recommend to guys looking for someone to understand them and also to gals looking to understand their men. It really helps to open up about why a guy cheats, even when the woman has done nothing wrong. It also shares plenty of laughs along the way!
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  Linda

  Southern humor at it's best.