In a rich blend of memoir and meditation, Abbott focuses her graceful and witty attention on mothers and daughters of the South. Theirs is a world of red dirt and backbreaking chores and roof-raising revival meeting--a far cry from the magnolias and mint juleps of Gone with the Wind.
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About the Author:
Shirley Abbott is the author of Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South and The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Born and raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas, she now lives in New York and Massachusetts.
Review:
"Charmingly written." -- Review
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- PublisherMariner Books
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0395901448
- ISBN 13 9780395901441
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages210
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