| Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Rick Bragg grew up in grinding poverty in northeastern Alabama. This is the story of how he got from there to his success as a writer. However, it is more a tribute to the woman who got him there, his mother. Abandoned by a violent alcoholic husband, she was left to raise three boys on her own. She picked cotton and often went hungry to see that they were fed. Bragg intersperses the story of his own development with his mother's own story. Ultimately, he measures his own success by being able finally to provide for her. | ||
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Plot & Themes job/profession: Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside) Gender/Class story? - story of lower class Job/profession/poverty story Yes Kind of living: - general poverty story Ethnic/regional/gender Yes Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - American Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () United States Yes Small town? Yes Misc setting - moving train Writing Style Book makes you feel? - like laughing If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book |
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