Ava’s Man
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Jewel
Jewel is the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass.In the backwoods of… Continue Reading Posted in: Family, Family Saga Fiction, Mentally Handicapped Children, Mississippi, Southern Fiction
The Prince of Frogtown
The final volume of Rick Bragg's bestselling and beloved American saga documents a mesmerizing journey back in time to the lush Alabama landscape of Rick's youth, to Jacksonville's one-hundred-year-old mill… Continue Reading Posted in: Families, Journalist Biographies, Southern U.S. Biographies, United States, Working Class Whites
The Liars’ Club
In this powerfully funny, razor's edge tale of a fractured girlhood, prize-winning poet and critic Mary Karr conjures up the terrors and joys of growing up in a swampy East… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Biography, Social Life And Customs, Women Poets
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet. Nicknamed "Zippy", she possessed big eyes and even bigger ears. In this loving memoir, Kimmel takes… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, City And Town Life, Midwest U.S. Biographies, Parenting Girls, Social Life And Customs
Dry
You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs: You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the train, at restaurants: a twenty-something guy, nice suit, works in… Continue Reading Posted in: Alcoholism, Biography, Personal Narratives
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