All Over but the Shoutin by Rick Bragg

All Over but the Shoutin

Rick Bragg

352 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead be...

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Moods

reflective 87%
emotional 75%
inspiring 54%
funny 45%
hopeful 33%
challenging 29%
dark 25%
sad 25%
informative 20%
adventurous 12%
lighthearted 12%
tense 8%

Pace

medium 56%
slow 39%
fast 4%

Average rating

4.09

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