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With the same emotional generosity and effortlessly compelling storytelling that made All Over But the Shoutin’ a national bestseller, Rick Bragg continues his personal history of the Deep South. This time he’s writing about his grandfather Charlie Bundrum, a man who died before Bragg was born but left an indelible imprint on the people who loved him. Drawing on their memories, Bragg reconstructs the life of an unlettered roofer who kept food on his family’s table through the worst of the Great Depression; a moonshiner who drank exactly one pint for every gallon he sold; an unregenerate brawler, who could sit for hours with a baby in the crook of his arm.
In telling Charlie’s story, Bragg conjures up the backwoods hamlets of Georgia and Alabama in the years when the roads were still dirt and real men never cussed in front of ladies. A masterly family chronicle and a human portrait so vivid you can smell the cornbread and whiskey, Ava’s Man is unforgettable.
In telling Charlie’s story, Bragg conjures up the backwoods hamlets of Georgia and Alabama in the years when the roads were still dirt and real men never cussed in front of ladies. A masterly family chronicle and a human portrait so vivid you can smell the cornbread and whiskey, Ava’s Man is unforgettable.
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5 member(s) found this review helpful.
One of the best memoirs I've had the pleasure of reading. It could have been my grandparents in the book! Loved it...a great writer.
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was awesome. It totally captured my attention and I could hardly put it down. If you're from the South or have relatives down South, you will get a kick going down memory lane with the author.
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3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is actually the author's story of his grandfather but it reads like a novel, full of some wonderfully interesting and "real" characters. It's more than just the story of this one man, though. It's the story of all of the working class poor in the south during the depression and beyond. Tt's the story of my dad who worked the cotton fields in rural Texas growing up before the war, and of all families everywhere who struggled to make it through hard times. It'll make you laugh, and cry, and wish our families today had more of that elusive "something" that is so lacking in modern society. Thank you, Rick Bragg, for this incredible book!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a wonderful book to read about our American past - and the gritty nature of the people who made it was it is today.
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New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning writer Rick Bragg's latest book about his family. This one chronicles the life of his grandfather Charlie. Drawing on the memories of family, he reconstructs the life of an unlettered roofer who kept food on his family's table through the worst of the Depression. A moonshiner who drank exactly one pint for every gallon he sold and an unregenerate brawler who could sit for hours with a baby in the crook of his arm. Bragg's story conjures up the backwoods of Georgia and Alabama in the years when the roads were still dirt and real men never cussed in front of ladies. A family chronicle so vivid, you can smell the cornbread and the whiskey.
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Beautifully written true story about Rick Bragg's grandfather. You feel as if you are right there. You can smell it, you can taste it and you can hear the voices so well, you could actually imitate them yourself. Bragg writes that way.
I loved this book, but possibly just a tad less than I enjoyed "It's All Over But The Shoutin'". I understand why Bragg won the Pulitzer Prize. Do yourself a favor; read them both.
Mar wrote on 8/26/2009...Loved this book - loved the way it is written in the first person - excellent memoir.
Cynthia J. (I love this author. "All over but the shouting" is another great book from Rick Bragg.
By the author of All Over But the Shoutin', Ava's Man continues the story of Bragg's personal history in the deep South. Writing about his grandfather, a man who died before Bragg was born, he reconstructs the life of an unlettered roofer who kept food on his family's table through the worst of the Depression, while drinking most of the moonshine he was selling.
If you liked All Over But the Shoutin', you would also like Ava's Man.
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