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A new york times notable book of the year this haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the american margin is the story of rick bragg, who grew up dirtpoor in northeastern alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became. The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your groups reading of rick bragg s all over but the shoutin, a haunting memoir about growing up dirtpoor in the deep south, and about struggling to leave the past behind while still deeply tied to it through bonds of love and responsibility. Make it easy on yourself, read all over but the shoutin in large print about random house large printall large print titles are published in a 16point typeface. Bragg was born in the small city of piedmont in northeastern alabama and grew up in the.
Biography, childhood and youth, journalists, rural conditions, united states. Rick bragg born july 26, 1959 is an american journalist and writer known for nonfiction books, especially those about his family in alabama. All over but the shoutin is a gripping account of people struggling to make sense and solidity of lifes capricious promises. All over but the shoutin by rick bragg rick bragg s all over but the shoutin is a haunting memoir about growing up dirtpoor in the deep south, and about struggling to leave the past behind while still deeply tied to it through bonds of love and responsibility. The main characters of this autobiography, memoir story are. While reading this book, i fell in love with rick braggs mother, margaret bragg, a hundred times.
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Bragg, a native of calhoun county, alabama, calls these books the proudest examples of his writing life, what historians and critics have described as heartbreaking anthems of people. It begins in piedmont, alabama, around the time of the korean war, in the year 1959, when bragg was born. All over but the shoutin by rick bragg about the book rick braggs all over but the shoutin is a haunting memoir about growing up dirtpoor in the deep south, and about struggling to leave the past behind while still deeply tied to it through bonds of love and responsibility. But he also has an exceptional momma, and all over but the shoutin, besides being an autobiography, is braggs tribute to this loving and selfless woman.
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