The Nubbin Ridge Reader

by Lee Smith, Wilton Mason, Lee Smith

For those people who never shared a joke with Willie Mason, never heard one of his stories or helped him cook or watched those long fingers ignite a keyboard, well, this book is your last chance,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970224915
• ISBN13: 9780970224910
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Wolf's Pond Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

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This charming, humorous book is a refreshing portrayal of the mid-south in the first half of the twentieth century. The narration rings true, especially when the author looks at himself in a strong light and lets his own faults be seen. He takes us into a world that is fast disappearing, the American south before and during the depression. The world Milton Mason shows us in The Nubbin Ridge Reader is of the middle class, where deprivation means having only two kinds of meat on the table, only one car under the porte cochere, and copies of big-city dresses made on Mama's machine. At the other end of the spectrum is "The Best Wife in Oconee County," a hapless orphan girl forced into marriage to a man who rules her with an iron fist and uses the depression to justify his miserly ways. You'll find yourself mesmerized by the characters of Nubbin Ridge: the five sisters, their husbands and children, and the inhabitants of the town. You'll go with Aunt Belle to watch Gloria Swanson film a movie, live with Aunt Ione as she entertains her summer visitors from New York City. You'll literally taste Aunt Ode's strawberries, Aunt Allie's navy beans in tomato sauce, and Aunt Ione's Lady Baltimore cake. You'll partake in wine-tastings, Boy Scout meetings, front porch sittings, and gossip. In short, you'll laugh, cry, and be thoroughly entertained to the last page.