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Ava's Man
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With the same emotional generosity and effortlessly compelling storytelling that made All Over But the Shoutin’ a beloved bestseller, Rick Bragg continues his personal history of the Deep South.
This time he’s writing about his grandfather Charlie Bundrum, a man who died before Bragg was born but left an indelible imprint on the people who loved him. Drawing on their memories, Bragg reconstructs the life of an unlettered roofer who kept food on his family’s table through the worst of the Great Depression; a moonshiner who drank exactly one pint for every gallon he sold; an unregenerate brawler, who could sit for hours with a baby in the crook of his arm.
In telling Charlie’s story, Bragg conjures up the backwoods hamlets of Georgia and Alabama in the years when the roads were still dirt and real men never cussed in front of ladies. A masterly family chronicle and a human portrait so vivid you can smell the cornbread and whiskey, Ava’s Man is unforgettable.
This time he’s writing about his grandfather Charlie Bundrum, a man who died before Bragg was born but left an indelible imprint on the people who loved him. Drawing on their memories, Bragg reconstructs the life of an unlettered roofer who kept food on his family’s table through the worst of the Great Depression; a moonshiner who drank exactly one pint for every gallon he sold; an unregenerate brawler, who could sit for hours with a baby in the crook of his arm.
In telling Charlie’s story, Bragg conjures up the backwoods hamlets of Georgia and Alabama in the years when the roads were still dirt and real men never cussed in front of ladies. A masterly family chronicle and a human portrait so vivid you can smell the cornbread and whiskey, Ava’s Man is unforgettable.
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“The American South a gritty place to be and a grittier place to grow up. A novel that speaks to the violence and patriarchal norms perpetuated by traditional southern families.
Reminiscent of Barbara Kingsolver’s southern novels, Harry Crews’ biography, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, and The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.”Wonky Thunder
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“After finishing a great book on French history, I looked at my pile from the library and decided to pick something new. I read the first few pages of two of my choices and immediately put them down. But when I opened Rick Bragg’s memories of his grandfather (actually those of relatives as he was born too late to know Charlie), I said to myself, “Yes. This is a good writer. This is a good story”.
Charlie Bundrum’s hard life in the deep South couldn’t be more different than mine. I didn’t like all the violence, but that an honest part of this remarkable man and his world.
Bragg draws you in through his way with words and his storytelling skills. You feel the joys and the sorrows. He writes from the heart.. the book held my interest from beginning to end.
This is my third book by Bragg and all of them deserve five stars.”
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