Ask Me Anything: A Memoir by Marie Rudisill and Susan Marg is an exciting memoir which gives readers a peek into the life of Marie Rudisill. Known as The Fruitcake Lady from 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', Marie Rudisill was notorious for being rude and brash, but at the same time funny and feisty. She always had an answer for all questions and this book speaks more about the person and the personality that she was until she passed away aged 95. The book also speaks about her personal life where her family was important to her and how falling out with her nephew really hurt her.

Marie shares with readers glimpses about her mixed-up and crazy families. Throughout the memoir, she freely gives the advice for which she is known. The book has captured her real life personality along with her television persona, which adds color to the memoir. The book also has more details about her television life which might interest many readers. Ask The Fruitcake Lady anything and she will have an answer for it. The memoir is simple and honest, and strikes a chord in the hearts of readers with its authenticity. The Fruitcake Lady comes across as a warm and likable personality. Her love for Alabama, though she moved out from there to settle down in Florida, is evident from this memoir. It is well written without being too dramatic, while expressing the events and happenings in Marie's life.

Ask Me Anything is a memoir written by Marie Rudisill with Susan Marg. Marie Rudisill is known to late night television watchers as the Fruitcake Lady. Her letter, written in 2000 to Jay Leno, defending the honor of the fruitcake, prompted his invitation to her to appear on The Tonight Show. She was 89 years old at the time. Her appearance was such a success that she was invited back again and again. She taught celebrities how to make fruitcakes and would answer just about any question posed by members of the audience. When the trip out to the West Coast became too difficult for Rudisill, Leno would send out a crew to do her segments at her home. Rudisill was a product of the old South, and this memoir is filled with stories of her life as a child in Monroeville, Alabama. When her father died after an accident, her cousin Jenny took in the widow and her five children. Rudisill’s mother also died several years after, and Jenny raised the three older sisters as her own. Jenny was a self-made woman who built a small millinery business into a thriving department store, and built the rambling house with extensive gardens where she, her siblings and their young cousins lived. Co-author Marg worked extensively with Rudisill on this memoir until Rudisill's death in 2006.

Marie Rudisill’s memoir, Ask Me Anything, is blunt, outspoken and charming, all at once. I immediately felt at home reading her story, even if I did cringe sometimes at some of her statements. Her stories of her childhood in the big house with the flamboyant, and rather alarming, Jenny and her other cousins are marvelous, especially the kitchen wars and the legendary bullwhip Jenny carried around. Rudisill was also Truman Capote’s aunt and she considered him her favorite nephew. Her stories of their friendship and later falling out were parts of Ask Me Anything that I particularly enjoyed. Rudisill and co-author, Marg, are a wonderful writing team. The memoir reads beautifully, with Rudisill’s voice coming forth loudly and clearly, even if she was in her mid-nineties as they worked together. While she’s no longer with us, she’s still very much here in spirit as evinced in Ask Me Anything. I very much enjoyed getting to know Marie Rudisill through her memoir and highly recommend it.