Walking across Egypt a novel
"She has as much business keeping a stray dog as she would waking across Egypt--which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen who, at age seventy-eight, might be slowing down just a bit. When teenage delinquent Wesley...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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NY:
Ballantine,
2004.
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| Summary: | "She has as much business keeping a stray dog as she would waking across Egypt--which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen who, at age seventy-eight, might be slowing down just a bit. When teenage delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted Mattie's mouth-watering pound cake."--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Item Description: | Includes 'A Reader's Guide'. |
| Physical Description: | 228 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780345419071 |
| Author Notes: | Hi first novel, Raney, was published in 1985. His other novels include Walking Across Egypt, Killer Diller, Where Trouble Sleeps, Lunch at the Piccadilly, The Bible Salesman, and The Night Train. He has also written a book of advice entitled Papadaddy's Book for New Fathers and a memoir entitled Solo, My Adventures in the Air. He has received several awards including the Lyndhurst Prize and the North Carolina Award for Literature. (Bowker Author Biography) |
