Me and My Baby View the Eclipse

By Lee Smith

Book Overview

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

"Extremely powerful...Me and My Baby View the Eclipse is about striving and the secret nobility of people who live in a small-town American South. In these stories--thank heaven--not everything fits: they are loose, they are sometimes awkward, but just about every one shines with revelation and awe in the face of momentary greatness and tragedy....Nearly every one of these stories could move a reader to tears, for in almost every one of them there is a moment of vision, or love, or unclothed wonder that transforms something plain into something transcendent."--The New York Times Book Review

"Remarkable...Lee Smith is a Southern storyteller in the very best tradition, combining an unmistakable voice with an infallible sense of story.... Her craft is so strong it becomes transparent, and, like the best storytellers, she knows how to get out of the way so the story can tell itself."--San Francisco Chronicle

"From its wonderful title to its final sentence, this book brims with the poetry of the South."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Marvelously entertaining...These are stories you want to read again to catch all the things you missed the first time around."--The Boston Globe

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425271862
• ISBN13: 9780425271865
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Tongues Of Fire

Tongues Of Fire is one my favorite short stories. This book is also available on cassette tape so if you can check it out at your library. I fell in love with Karen a young girl growing up in the south with a mentally ill father and a mother who's most concerned with getting her eldest daughter in college with her reputation intact. Poor Karen turns to the church and prayer without ceasing. Karen falls in love with a young guest preacher at first sight. It reminded me of my own crush I had on a guest preacher once. I remember shaking his hand and eating a breakfast of scrambled eggs with him. When the story ended I wanted to know what happened to Karen. What kind of a person did she grow up to be? Lee Smith I want more! Above all this story is an inspiration to writers. If you don't have the confidence to tackle an entire novel you can start with a brilliant short story.