Bailey white books list of books by author bailey white. Like her other books, it is full of offbeat characters and funny situations. Quite a year for plums is a delectable treat from a writer who has been called a national treasure. June bailey white was born in thomasville, georgia, may 31, 1950. Bailey white has an uncanny knack for creating characters that come alive. The author has an eyeand, of course, earfor the telling detail and the decisive, domestic moment. Bailey white introduces us to the peculiar yet lovable people who inhabit a small town in south georgia.
In the distance you could see the irrigation rig behind him, and then the uneven line of trees at the. The first novel by popular essayist bailey white, quite a year for plums offers an intimate, gossipy, and occasionally irreverent glimpse into the friendship of a. Get quite a year for plums bailey white pdf file for free on our ebook library pdf file. Heartbreakingly tender, often hilarious, quite a year for plums is a delectable treat from a writer who has been. Adventures on the way back home, and quite a year for plums, author bailey white offers readers an inviting refuge from our increasingly fastpaced society. From the back cover white will transport readers to that place where the language is languid, the bees hum. She is the author of two story collections, ama makes up her mind and sleeping at the starlite motel, and a novel, quite a year for plums.
Roger knows his way around a field of peanuts, but he fares less well in love. Meet serious, studious roger, the peanut pathologist and unlikely love object of half the towns women. Quite a year for plums broadside, from a reading in portland, maine, july 24, 1998. Quite a year for plums by bailey white event detail. For more than a decade, bailey white has delivered a story each thanksgiving to national public radios all things considered listeners. Meet serious, studious roger, the peanut pathologist and unlikely love object of. Though called a novel, quite a year for plums is more a series of vignettes from the lives of the aforementioned ladies.
Quite a year for plums has 4 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace same low prices, bigger selection, more fun. Using humor, white transports the reader to the rural south, where the setting, the way of life, and the characters the reader meets contrast strikingly with life in the typical northern city. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Quite a year for plums anyone who has read the bestselling mama makes up her mind or listened to bailey white s commentaries on npr knows that she is a storyteller of inimitable wit and charm. Quite a year for plums the first novel by popular essayist bailey white, quite a year for plums offers an intimate, gossipy, and occasionally irreverent glimpse into the friendship of a group of eccentrics in a small town in southern georgia. Whites beautifully written stories, teetering on the edge of the unreal, are sure to bring back memories you dont really have. As tasty as a 12egg poundcake, pungent as tea olive and crafty as a crow. The spring edition of agrisearch came out with a picture on the front page of roger standing in the middle of a field holding a peanut plant in each hand. Quite a year for plums by bailey white and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Lee quite a year for plums a novel por bailey white disponible en rakuten kobo. How to prune a plum tree justin calverley from sensory gardens shows his. Bailey white is the bestselling author of mama makes up her mind and sleeping at the starlite motel. Anyone who has read the bestselling mama makes up her mind or listened to bailey white s commentaries on npr knows that she is a storyteller of inimitable wit and charm. Her mother, and her south georgian eccentricity, have been central to her writing.
Quite a year for plums audiobook on cassette, 1998. Read quite a year for plums a novel by bailey white available from rakuten kobo. Bailey white meet the peculiar yet lovable people who inhabit a small town in south georgia. Quite a year for plums by bailey white, paperback barnes. Author bailey white has created a thoroughly enjoyable cast of characters from the southern georgia town where hilma, eula, and meade observe, support, snipe, reminisce, and engage with their families, neighbors, and agrarian culture. The first novel by popular essayist bailey white, quite a year for plums offers an intimate, gossipy, and occasionally irreverent glimpse into the friendship of a group of eccentrics in a small town in southern georgia. Long awaited by her many fans, nothing with strings is the entire collection of these thanksgiving stories, published together for the first time. Anyone who has read the bestselling mama makes up her mind or listened to bailey whites commentaries on npr knows that she is a storyteller of inimitable. Meet serious, studious roger, a peanut virologist who has just lost his heart to della.
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White has published two essay collections mama makes up her mind and sleeping at the starlite hotel and one novel quite a year for plums, and her work has appeared as well in numerous periodicals. Quite a year for plums is filled with strange social convergences, quiet comedy, and understated tragedy. She still lives in the same house in which she grew up, on one of the large tracts of virgin longleaf pine woods. Her essays and stories have appeared in magazines and on nprs all things considered. But white describes this unusual romance with such sweetness and generosity that the reader hopes differently. On one level, quite a year for plums is about chickens and peanut cultivars and pine straw fires. Quite a year for plums by bailey white, 9780679764922, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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