Women Folks

Women Folks by Abbott, Shirley. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780899192833.

Womenfolks is one of those rare books that transcend the specifics of time and place to capture the hearts of all who read it. A rich blend of personal memoir and meditation on family myth and tradition, Womenfolks is both an illuminating examination of mothers and daughters and a tribute to the gritty, independent women who were the Souths true heroines. Contents: Daughters of time; Good country people; Drowned women; The servant problem; The importance of dissimulation; That old-time religion; Generations; Why southern women leave home.