The New York Times
The writing is elegant, reflective and amused. Dr. Sams is a storyteller sure of his audience...and gifted with perfect timing.


From AudioFile
Ferrol Sams presents stories of a bright, sensitive lad growing up on farm in Georgia during the Depression. The stories are rich with Southern culture. They feature eccentric characters, often in situations that turn out to be very funny. Reader Sams has one of those charming Georgia accents. He begins in a stilted voice, but about midway, he relaxes and becomes The Boy (who is always referred to in the third person). The stories, actually excerpts from Sams's novel, are separated by choruses of old, familiar hymns played on what can only be a country church piano. The effect is delightfully relaxing. D.W.K. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A boy's account of growing up in the South during the depression era. Both a rare first novel and a new American classic, Sams novel has been compared to Tom Sawyer and To Kill a Mockingbird.

FROM THE CRITICS

AudioFile - Diane W. Kazlauskas