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Book Review of Ava's Man

Ava's Man
Ava's Man
Author: Rick Bragg
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Book Type: Paperback
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I liked this book a lot - you don't need to be from the south to enjoy the stories and get a real picture of what life was like for these folks. I found the dialect a bit much at times (the dropped "g's" were rather annoying - "gettin' and grinnin' and pickin' and peelin'") and towards the end the story got a bit long, but it was definitely a labor of love about someone who was larger than life that the author sadly never got to know, and that really transcended the story.