false 3309191 45556 1011248 0912697512 9780912697512 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223632693m/1011248.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223632693s/1011248.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1011248.Walking_Across_Egypt 3.73 11 The Atlanta Journal & Constitution

She had as much business keeping a stray dog as she had walking across Egypt--which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen, who at 78, might be slowing down just a bit. When young, 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 witty, down-home and real, Walking Across Egypt is a book for everyone.]]> 42288 3.52 2405 451 1987 5 1 false Fri Jul 20 06:15:40 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:19:22 -0800 2009 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...]]>