false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175646518m/542262.jpg 74616 10 She has as much business keeping a stray dog as she would walking across Egypt&#8211;which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She&#8217;s Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen who, at seventy-eight, might be slowing down just a bit. When teenage delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake. Wise and witty, down-home and real, <i>Walking Across Egypt</i> is a book for everyone. 529594 1987 Walking Across Egypt (Ballantine Reader's Circle) total:744|5:173|4:281|3:213|2:58|1:19| 744 2763 920 153 5 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 18:25:03 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 03:50:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 16:13:59 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 25 01:02:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon May 26 17:52:01 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 17:57:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 20 06:15:40 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 05:35:53 -0700 2007 Egypt again yesterday as I looked through favorite books having to do with food and eating; Edgerton's descriptions of the men in Mattie's life in thrall to her good, old-fashioned, simple Southern cooking - apple pie, pound cake, tomatoes and other vegetables from her garden, and so on - ar...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 20:19:11 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 20:27:43 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 08:04:10 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 08:09:04 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Jan 02 11:41:36 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 11:42:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 10:44:15 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 08:22:26 -0700 2009
I added it to the schedule of one of my library book discussion groups this year as one of the members ONLY wants to read things that ar...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Mar 04 18:57:07 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 18:57:07 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Mon Nov 30 11:58:26 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 12:04:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 11:41:42 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:01:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Mar 22 12:48:48 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 18:35:02 -0700 2009
From back cover:

"She has as much business keeping a stray dog as she would walking across Egypt-which not so incidentally is the title of her favouri...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 06:04:47 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 06:06:56 -0700 2008
Walking Across Egypt was this month's selection for our little neighborhood book group. We've tackled Mister Pip, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, The Story of Lucy Gault among others. So it was time for a break -- hence this book. And what a book i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 11:36:48 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 15:10:59 -0700 2008
What a funny little book. It was definitely worth the read, and the author painted a vi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 07:43:10 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 07:51:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 28 11:17:58 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 28 11:18:23 -0700 2007 Favorite Quotes

She walked into the kitchen, turned on the light and saw through the window that the eastern sky as dark red. It was her favorite time of the day. She stepped out onto the back step. It was cool. She also liked it when it was cold and she could stand there taking in the co...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 18:14:40 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 17:00:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 13:00:47 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 13:03:02 -0700 2009 If you grew up singing the old Hymns such as "Blessed Assurance" and "Shall We Gather at the Rive...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 18:50:48 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 12:25:17 -0800 2008
One day, in a HILARIOUS scenari...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Oct 14 10:38:39 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 24 07:58:55 -0800 2009
OK - I've just finished this again. I didn't remember one bit of it & I...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=542262