Ava's Man

With the same emotional generosity and effortlessly compelling storytelling that made All Over but the Shoutin' a beloved bestseller, Rick Bragg continues his personal history of the Deep South. Bragg's grandfather Charlie Bundrum died before Bragg was born but remains vibrantly alive in the memories of the people who loved him. In telling Charlie's life story, Bragg conjures up the foothills of Georgia and Alabama in the years when the roads were still dirt and wounds were still treated with brown sugar. A masterly family chronicle and a human portrait so vivid one can smell the cornbread and whiskey, Ava's Man is unforgettable.