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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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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.