

Walking Across Egypt
Author: Clyde Edgerton
Narrator: Norman Dietz
Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 06/26/2009
Categories: Fiction
Author: Clyde Edgerton
Narrator: Norman Dietz
Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 06/26/2009
Categories: Fiction
I started this book thinking it was going to be something different. That was my fault for not reading the summary as closely as I should have. Now, with that said, overall I thought the book was nice and sweet. There were a few things that sort of rubbed me the wrong way the religious overtones, the racial slur. Despite these few things, I thought story was sweet: an elderly woman accepting and willing to help a less fortunate person.
This is my second Clyde Edgerton book and another fun experience full of quirky Southern characters, but not too much so, and situations that have you alternately chuckling and shaking your head. If I were to provide much of the plot it could interfere with others' future enjoyment of the story so I......more
I've been thinking about this book because one of the characters, Wesley, is crazy about John Prine -- I was unfamiliar with his music at the time I read this, and while I never became a big fan, this book stands as a beautiful epitaph to him in a way. If my library were open, I'd reread this both i......more