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A review by sfmobink
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
5.0
After author Rick Bragg wins the Pulitzer prize:
"Then I went looking for a phone, to call my momma. It had been more than an hour since the announcement, plenty of time to discover a miscount in votes or a mistake in the order of finish. It was safe now, I figured.
I know how silly and paranoid that sounds, especially coming from a man who gets a perverse thrill from taking chances. But it is a common condition of being poor white trash: you are always afraid that the good things in your life are temporary, that someone can take them away, because you have no power beyond your own brute strength to stop them."
That passage took my breath away. This is a difficult memoir to read because it is so very painful. But ultimately, there is redemption, however fleeting it may be.
A memoir I will be reflecting upon for a long while. Do yourself a favor and check it out!
"Then I went looking for a phone, to call my momma. It had been more than an hour since the announcement, plenty of time to discover a miscount in votes or a mistake in the order of finish. It was safe now, I figured.
I know how silly and paranoid that sounds, especially coming from a man who gets a perverse thrill from taking chances. But it is a common condition of being poor white trash: you are always afraid that the good things in your life are temporary, that someone can take them away, because you have no power beyond your own brute strength to stop them."
That passage took my breath away. This is a difficult memoir to read because it is so very painful. But ultimately, there is redemption, however fleeting it may be.
A memoir I will be reflecting upon for a long while. Do yourself a favor and check it out!