Ebook {Epub PDF} Family Bible by Melissa J. Delbridge

 · Melissa Delbridge’s memoir Family Bible is a fine example of this Southern otherness, even though she differs from many Southern writers by virtue of her crafty circumspection. Now granted, Southern writers are renowned for “taking the long way ’round” when telling their stories, but ultimately when they (finally) arrive at the point, you the reader are sure that you’ve received the bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins.  · Starting with her father, who never met a whitetail buck he couldn't shoot, a whiskey bottle he couldn't empty, or a woman he couldn't charm, and her mother, who "invented road rage before ," Melissa Delbridge introduces us to the people in her own family bltadwin.ru In FAMILY BIBLE, Melissa Delbridge raises the level for memoir. This collection of essays gives the reader a fly-on-the-wall view of one woman's life. The stories are told without rancor, with a natural subjectivity and fresh honesty. The titles of the essays entice the reader, eg, "Shot Rule," "Under My Saddle," and "Girls Turned In."5/5(5).

Family Bible is a true triumph, and proves that there's no such thing as moderation down here."—George Singleton, author, Work Shirts for Madmen "Melissa J. Delbridge writes with a watch-maker's eye and a warrior's brave heart. Family Bible is wonderful."—Marshall Chapman, songwriter/rocker/author of Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller. Get FREE shipping on Family Bible by Melissa J. Delbridge, from bltadwin.ru "Swimming and sex seemed a lot alike to me when I was growing up. You took off most of your clothes to do them and you only did them with people who were the same color as you. As your daddy got richer, you got to do them in fancier. Title: Family Bible; Author: Melissa J. Delbridge; ISBN: ; Page: ; Format: Hardcover; Swimming and sex seemed a lot alike to me when I was growing up You took off most of your clothes to do them and you only did them with people who were the same color as you As your daddy got richer, you got to do them in fancier places Starting with her father, who never met a whitetail buck.

Title: Family Bible Melissa J. Delbridge Author: Delbridge, Melissa J., Resource Type: E-Book Language. FAMILY BIBLE, written by my dear friend Melissa Delbridge, was savored only at night before drifting off to sleep, because her words were the gateway to the most delicious dreams that brought me back to my own coming-of-age days in Alabama. The only improvement I can imagine is an audio book version. No actor, please, only the writer's sultry voice. Those words immediately made me flash on Family Bible (University of Iowa Press, ), Melissa J. Delbridge’s autobiographical memoir about growing up in Tuscaloosa in the second half of the 20 th century. I consider it a benchmark of the genre. Since the book was on my mind, I pulled it down and began to re-read it.