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All Over But the Shoutin'
by Rick Bragg
by Rick Bragg
Mister Jones's review
May 13, 08
Recommended to Mister Jones by:
a magic realist (LOL just kidding)
Recommended for:
real realists
Read in January, 1997
I read this one awhile back, and I loved it.
I tend to like confessional autobiographies that don't shy away from flaws and shortcomings, and so I tend to be partial to works that are.
Bragg's book is all that and then some--growing up poor in Alabama, small town with the those who have too much and those who have too little, and having to deal with it with the support of his mother. It's tough writing, gritty, and in your face with no apologies and lots of personal pain. GREAT!
(yeah, I know this was a lame critique, but I didn't know where to begin with this one--so overwhelming and so moving)
I tend to like confessional autobiographies that don't shy away from flaws and shortcomings, and so I tend to be partial to works that are.
Bragg's book is all that and then some--growing up poor in Alabama, small town with the those who have too much and those who have too little, and having to deal with it with the support of his mother. It's tough writing, gritty, and in your face with no apologies and lots of personal pain. GREAT!
(yeah, I know this was a lame critique, but I didn't know where to begin with this one--so overwhelming and so moving)
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