"Stories and true facts about growing up Southern in the good old days"--Cover.
Contents:
Dinner on the grounds. Martha Crockett -- Getting to the heart of the watermelon / Lynda Holmes -- Ants gotta bite, sun gotta burn / Julia Horst Schuster -- A Presbyterian cookbook / Bert Goolsby -- A doll with red hair / Clara Wimberly -- Homeplace / Ellen Birkett Morris -- Listening for Daddy / Debra Leigh Smith -- Grandma's cupboard / Susan Sipal -- The tie that binds / Susan Alvis -- The green bean casserole / Sandra Chastain -- Liberal redneck babe / Debra Leigh Smith -- The wart witch / Susan Goggins -- A patchwork journey / Michelle Roper -- Air raid, Southern style / Mike Roberts -- Miss Lila's hat / Betty Cordell -- I'll see you in my dreams / Sarah Addison Allen -- Y'all come / Martha Crockett -- Dinner on the grounds.
Summary:
"You could drink a glass of milk straight from the cow, ride a dirt road in the back of an old pick-up truck, and sleep on the back porch with a hound dog for company. A visit to Grandma and Grandpa's almost always promised a great adventure on their farm. Step back in time to the heartfelt innocence of a Southern childhood, a time when the rest of the world seemed far away and life was as clear as the morning dew on a ripe tomato."--Cover.
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