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  • All Over But the Shoutin'

  • By: Rick Bragg
  • Narrated by: Rick Bragg
  • Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (942 ratings)

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All Over But the Shoutin'

By: Rick Bragg
Narrated by: Rick Bragg
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Publisher's summary

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 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 hone the love and suffering that lie at the heart of every family.

The result is unforgettable.

©1998 Rick Bragg (P)2008 Random House Audio
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what a life!

i don’t know what to say about this because it was so hard for him.

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Wonderful Tribute to a Mothers Love

Great story, well written and well told The author's own voice here really brings story alive.

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Rick Bragg is the voice of the Modern South...

All Over But the Shoutin' is the beautiful, true story of the love a boy has for his momma and for his people, of their struggle and triumphs, told with genuine, heartfelt emotion. An all-time favorite.

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Moving

Moving and riveting. I could not stop listening!
I highly recommend it for the story and the way it is told.

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It was a treat to hear Rick narrate

Too bad it was just the highlights.
You neef to go red the book too!

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Amazing Southern author.

Love how Bragg captures a part of the South in a way that makes you familiar with it whether you've been there or not.

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Short but excellent!

I really enjoyed this book. It's a short story but it's really great. I find it interesting that the author also narrated it.

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Another Winner

Another winning novel by Rick Bragg. Makes me proud to be a southerner. Thank you.

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Author and narrator

The narrator which was the author used his words in such a clear and beautiful manner.

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so touching so many memories it rattled

loved every word such a love for his mother and family made me laugh and cry

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