Walking Across Egypt
Clyde Edgerton
229 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0345346491
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Language: English
Publish: February 12, 1988
AdultAdult FictionBook ClubClassicsContemporaryFamilyFictionHumorNovelsSouthern
“An unpretentious, finely-crafted novel that will linger with the readers like the last strains of a favorite hymn. It is more enjoyable than a pitcher full of sweet tea and one of Mattie’s home-cooked dinners.”
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION
She had as much business keeping a stray dog as she had walking across Egypt–which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She’s Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen, who at 78, might be slowing down just a bit. When young, delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake….Wise witty, down-home and real, WALKING ACROSS EGYPT is a book for everyone.