" Read this for book club a few years back. Lived in Anniston at the time and almost perhaps felt a bit too close to it, since Bragg was the "local boy" and had started at the newspaper where I was working. There's no doubt that Bragg is a fine writer and captures place and time very effectively. For those who have never been to the area, his writing brings alive the place. Just always fear a little bit about the Southern writing, poor background, had-a-daddy-who-was-a-drunk memoir -- how many books does it take on this topic? But it's well done. "
— Cathy, 1/8/2014