JUST AS WE WERE

...in a lone star state

When a Texas debutante bows her forehead to the floor in the famous "Texas dip," society columnists all across the country speculate interminably over what it is that sets Texas women apart. But really, how could they know? Only true bred Texans, like Prudence Mackintosh, can answer the question.

She is a true yellow rose, writing with an insider's compassion for the the world of privileged, educated, well-married, well-connected, and mostly wealthy white Texas women - but at times ironically playing the outsider with wry wit.

What really sets these women apart, Ms. Mackintosh tells us, is the comfortable yet demanding path they follow from their idyllic girlhoods to prominent positions in society. In thirteen essays, some of which originally appeared in Texas Monthly magazine, she charts the way stations that mark this path: summer camps in the Texas Hill Country, exclusive private schools like Dallas' Hockaday, sorority membership, and acceptance into the Junior League. 176 pages. 6" x 9". 

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