Review: Like coming home
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2013
In a world of pretentious and overwritten books, Adventures of a Southern Girl is like coming home at the end of a noisy and frustrating day. It's not really about adventures, per se. It's more about the southern girl. And what a story teller she is. Like any southern lady, she welcomes you into her life with something sweet; in this case, charming anecdotes about her family and friends, her work experiences, and her down-home wisdom.I think the best thing about this book is its tone. It reminds me of the tender life poetry of my own home-town humorist, Garrison Keillor, in that both relate the idiosyncrasies of friends, family, and neighbors with a gentle admission of their eccentricity that does not edge toward mocking.So at the end of the day, after all the stresses and struggles are done, after the car chases on television have ended and the children are tucked into bed, unwind with Linda Walker and her family. This was a lovely read.