What Do I Read Next?
- The Beans of Egypt Maine (1986) by Carolyn Chute narrates the life of a destitute, uneducated family residing in the remote areas of Maine.
- In Ursula Hegi's novel The Salt Dancers (1985), forty-one-year-old Julia, burdened by memories of her abusive father and the mother who left her, returns home to confront her father after twenty-three years. Unmarried and expecting a child, Julia feels she must reconcile with her past to properly care for her own baby.
- One or Two Things I Know for Sure (1995) by Dorothy Allison is a memoir reflecting on her family and childhood. The narrative is based on a spoken word performance and is enhanced with photographs.
- Southern author Bobbie Ann Mason's memoir, Clear Springs (1999), details her upbringing in rural Kentucky and how her past influenced her career as a writer.
- Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), depicts a young girl's realization of racial injustice in the 1930s South.
- Allison's second novel, Cavedweller (1999), follows Delia Byrd as she returns to the South to reclaim her role as a mother to her children, years after leaving them with her abusive husband.
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