Southern Fried Divorce

This often sweet, occasionally angry, but mostly hilarious true story of one Southern woman’s swim through the murky waters of marriage and divorce is a quirky gem.

Judy Conner refers to her former husband simply as “That X,” which is perfectly understandable considering some of the antics he pulled. Inseparable from the family’s brown dog, Connor’s X performed naked synchronized swimming at the 1984 World’s Fair—with the canine as his partner. And one fine spring day, while buzzing on bourbon, he delivered an especially touching Christmas gift to his wife—a .38 revolver.

Although the stories of her X are sometimes humiliating, they are always funny. And Conner makes one thing perfectly clear. She and her X shared a love—albeit a surreal one—that was completely true.