Free download or read online All Over But the Shoutin pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was published in 5th 1997, and was written by Rick Bragg. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 329 pages and is available in Paperback format. Upcoming garage sales near me. The main characters of this autobiography, memoir story are,. The book has been awarded with ALA Alex Award. About All Over but the Shoutin’. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 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. 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.
Rick Bragg All Over But The Shoutin Summary
All Over But The Shouting
All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg is an autobiography that starts from Mr. Bragg's impoverished childhood in a family that included an abusive, alcoholic father, an incredibly powerful angel of a mother and his two brothers, and follows him through his Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistic career at the New York Times. The author states at the beginning of the book that readers will laugh and cry reading it. He was right on the money with both of these points.
The Bragg family grew up with virtually nothing. The father left the family a number of times, offering no financial assistance and stealing whatever he could before he left. When he was there, he was usually drunk and physically abusive to the…show more content…
As I said before, I grew up in a middle class family. This made it difficult for me to completely understand everything that he was talking about in the book. I never knew what it was like to have little or no food to eat. If we didn’t have anything to eat our family would go to a restaurant and eat or go shopping and get food.
Also, the work aspect is difficult to understand for me. I know what his mother did was what all people in her situation did then. The working conditions that she dealt with day in and day out were horrific. And the thing was she never complained about it or quit. I know if I was in her situation I would have never lasted. I would have quit and tried to find another job. Another option that middle class workers have is taking vacation time if it gets to hot out or if it is raining. That is just the way we deal with situations like that. I believe our generation living in those conditions would never have made it back then.
Communication is a very important aspect of any family. Good communication leads to a better family life. Bragg and his mother in particular seemed to communicate very well. The way he details each of his childhood stories is very good and since most of the stories are told by the motherly figure in your life you can see the communication is good. The communication between Bragg and his father is the complete opposite. It was very hard