All Over but the Shoutin'

A Memoir

Rick Bragg

$35

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Vintage Books
08 September 1998

Biography: general

NATIONAL BESTSELLER . From the Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author, ""a grand memoir.... Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love ... he will make you cry"" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

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 became a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. It is also the story of Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the habit of running out on the people who needed him most.

But at the center of this soaring memoir is Bragg's mother, who went eighteen years without a new dress so that her sons could have school clothes and picked other people's cotton so that her children wouldn't have to live on welfare alone.

Evoking these lives-and the country that shaped and nourished them-with artistry, honesty, and compassion, Rick Bragg brings home the love and suffering that lie at the heart of every family. The result is unforgettable.

By: Rick Bragg
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Vintage ed
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 329g
ISBN: 9780679774020
ISBN 10: 0679774025
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 08 September 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rick Bragg is a national correspondent for the New York Times. He is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Reviews for All Over but the Shoutin': A Memoir

A grand memoir.... Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love...he will make you cry. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Part memoir, part confession, [this book] has everything to do with the South and nothing at all.... Like all good writing, it transcends the particulars of time and place. -- Raleigh News & Observer A record of a life that has been harrowing, cruel and yet triumphant, written so beautifully he makes the book a marvel. -- Los Angeles Times A deeply affecting book.... Bragg captures the rhythms of small-town life with grace and pathos. -- Chicago Tribune