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Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South
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From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin' and The Best Cook in the World, a collection of irresistible columns from Southern Living and Garden & Gun Celebrated author and newspaper columnist Rick Bragg brings us an ode to the stories and history of the Deep South, filled with "eclectic nuggets about places and people he knows well" ( USA Today ) and written with honesty, wit, and deep affection. A collection of wide-ranging and endearingly personal columns—from Bragg's love of Tupperware (his mother preferred margarine tubs and thought Tupperware was "just showing off") to the decline of country music, from the legacy of Harper Lee to the metamorphosis of the pickup truck to the best way to kill fire ants —Where I Come From is a book that will be treasured by fans old and new.
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"The larger slices of Southern life are the most welcome (the reader often is still hungry when the tidbits end) ..."
"Bragg's most evocative writing comes forward as he recounts his love for the primitive pleasures of pigs' feet from small-town Alabama, which he respects as much as the sumptuous fare of New Orleans' Commander's Palace."
"Bragg's longtime fans will enjoy the piquant one-liners they've come to expect, but new readers looking for meaningful insight into the South should look to his previous works."
"While he writes about the South, his stories touch on universal themes ..."
"They do what good columns do: sometimes tug at your heart, sometimes make you laugh to yourself, sometimes both."
"vintage Bragg: comforting, thought-provoking and as heartfelt as it gets."
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