A Year Down Yonder
| Book Talk: Mary Alice Dowdel must go live with her grandmother because the depression has hit home. Her brother Joey has always gone with her to visit but he’s off working in the West. She must face Grandma Dowdel on her own. This is no small feat as Grandma Dowdel is feared in the small town. Even her own mother whispers as she puts her on the train “better you than me”. Grandma has a way of making everything equal though and Mary Alice learns about life and being a woman from her. This is truly a hilarious story especially when Mary Alice finally gets the nerve to invite the boy of her dreams home to study and a naked woman with a snake wrapped around her runs through the house with Grandma close on her heals. You will laugh until your sides act watching Mary Alice and Grandma come to understand one another. (Booktalks Quick and Simple)
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