Walking Across Egypt
by Edgerton, Clyde · 1988
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Description
"An unpretentious, finely-crafted novel that will linger with the readers like the last strains of a favorite hymn. It is more enjoyable than a pitcher full of sweet tea and one of Mattie's home-cooked dinners." THE ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION She had as much business keeping a stray dog as she had walking 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 78, might be slowing down just a bit. When young, 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 her mouth-watering pound cake....Wise witty, down-home and real, WALKING ACROSS EGYPT is a book for everyone.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Reading this book is like sitting down to a big round table full of the best food you ever put in your mouth; you can't quit eating for a minute, this is just so good." -LEE SMITH, bestselling author of The Last Girls
"An unpretentious, finely crafted novel that will linger with the readers like the last strains of a favorite hymn. It is more enjoyable than a pitcher full of sweet tea and one of Mattie's home-cooked dinners." -The Atlanta Journal
"Genuinely funny, often poignant... Edgerton has captured the habits and manners of a small Southern community with loving precision." -Greensboro News & Record
"[A] totally delicious bit-of-a-book... Reads faster than you'll want it to, and ends far earlier." -The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A winner, a homespun romp that I suspect Mark Twain would have loved." -The Columbia State
From the Trade Paperback edition.