Have any of you seen or read this book yet?! {Don't tell me too much if you have!} The book jacket says this is her first novel. I am amazed...and delighted to be here for her first!! I love her writing style. I could almost hear everybody's Southern accent while I was reading it out loud to hubby. I soon went right back to my own Southern accent too!! {I am a Georgia Girl} ^_^ Hubby got a kick out of that!!
Okay, Have a good rest of the day everybody! I gotta get going here!!! But I have to leave you with a poem...I'm not that much in a hurry!! ^_^
Down Home
When I say the words "Down Home"
my deep emotions come alive.
My memories of riding in the car,
heading south on I-95.
I pass right on through New Haven,
and the Washington Bridge flies by;
The "New Jersey Turnpike's" traffic
makes me almost want to cry.
But its when North Carolina's
scenes of country life begin
that "Down Home" becomes a feeling
in which I'm comfortable again.
When I'm close to route I-20,
"South Of The Border" is what I see,
and soon I'm "Down Home", feeling
Georgia's southern hospitality.
There are things about the north
that make me happy that I live there,
but the dirt roads of the south
I seem to need like I need air.
People fishing for their supper,
cooking bass and fried catfish;
On Sunday, rocking on the porch
(What's in the north as good as this?!)
From "Down Home" there's 'salmon patties',
'Beanie Weenies', pone and grits,
country music, rock and soul-
everybody's greatest hits.
But I know that what I'm missing
is more than "Down Home" southern pine;
Its the feelings and emotions
of the Georgia in my mind.
