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Shirley Abbotts three critically acclaimed memoirs have been called illuminating, spellbinding, and powerful. The New York Times called The Bookmakers Daughter, a haunting memoir, People said it was an elegant and evocative portrait, and USA Today praised Abbott as a graceful and sensitive memoirist. Newsweek lauded Womenfolks as a genuine pleasure to read and the Atlanta-Journal Constitution called it eloquent and analytical. And Carolyn See, in her review of Loves Apprentice in the Washington Post Book World, wrote Its one pure form of American experience, and thank goodness [Abbott] wrote it down.

Now, Abbott has crafted a brilliant debut novel, THE FUTURE OF LOVE, set in New York in 2001. In the spirit of an East Coast Tales of the City,...more

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Average rating: 3.36 · 163 ratings · 34 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Future of Love 3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love's Apprentice 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amor, Amoris 2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The National Museum Of American History 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Historic Charleston 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Womenfolks: Growing up Down South 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hist Charleston 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women Folks 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1984	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If I grew up in the simple-minded belief that women were as strong and intelligent as men, it was because I came from a society that had once believed it.”
― Shirley Abbott, Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South

tags: independence, scotch-irish, strength

9 people liked it

“They founded a society based not upon currency and commodities but on the elementary notion that if you failed to raise enough to eat, you would go hungry.”
― Shirley Abbott, Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South

tags: scotch-irish, work-ethic

6 people liked it

“The frontier will nevertheless survive in the attitudes a few of us inherited from it. One of those attitudes--to me a beatitude--is the conviction that the past matters, that history weighs on us and refuses to be forgotten by us, and that the worst poverty women--or men--can suffer is to be bereft of their past.”
― Shirley Abbott, Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South

tags: history, past

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