Purchase
A Memoir Of A Jagged, Joyful Life
Gotham
April 2009
On Sale: April 16, 2009
240 pages
ISBN: 1592404502
EAN: 9781592404506
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction Memoir
A poignant memoir of a life on the wrong side of the
tracks, with a colorful cast of misfits, plenty of belly
laughs, and lessons for finding joy in spite of hardship
Move over, Sweet Potato Queens. Thanks to
Lauretta Hannon the Cracker Queens are finally having their
say. From her wildly popular NPR segments to her colorful
one woman show Hannon is showing the world a different kind
of girl raised in the South – a strong, authentic, fearless,
flawed, resourceful and outrageous woman –the anti-Southern
Belle.
Marking the debut of a powerfully original
Southern voice, The Cracker Queen begins with the
childhood experiences and adventures of Lauretta in
backwater Warner Robins. Her mama on the edge and jazz
musician daddy have a deep and disorderly love with years of
booze, infidelities and nervous breakdowns but through it
all she feels cherished. The stories of her deeply
dysfunctional family include chain gangs, guns, ghost
hunting, moonshine stands, scooterpootin’, the famous Goat
Man of Georgia and Crazy Aunt Carrie who is arrested for
assaulting a police dog. The early years of hardship and
hard living all gave Hannon the resilience and humor that
are now the hallmarks of her Cracker Queen way of life.
From Warner Robins she moves to Savannah’s most
eccentric neighborhoods and its lively crew of hellions,
heroines, bad seeds, thugs and renegades including a lady
who keeps the Baby Jesus chained up in her front yard, a
woman who looks like a rutabaga, and the root doctor that
works a hoodoo on her.
Full of warmth, outrageous
wit, and world-class storytelling, The Cracker Queen
is, at its core, about finding meaning in painful, desperate
situations and discovering the joys that can sprout from
such ragged terrain. A celebration of living out loud and
loving life to death, The Cracker Queen shows that the
greatest humanity, the loudest cackles and the best stories
can come from where you might least expect them.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy