Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South - Softcover

Abbott, Shirley

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9780395901441: Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South

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ISBN 10: 0395901448 ISBN 13: 9780395901441

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1998

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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.

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"Charmingly written." -- Review

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