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Rent Walking Across Egypt
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: Feb 1988
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $7.99
Pages: 240
Synopsis
"An unpretentious, finely-crafted novel that will linger with the readers like the last strains of a favorite hymn. It is more enjoyable than a pitcher full of sweet tea and one of Mattie's home-cooked dinners."brTHE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTIONbrShe had as much business keeping a stray dog as she had walking across Egypt--which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen, who at 78, might be slowing down just a bit. When young, delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake....Wise witty, down-home and real, WALKING ACROSS EGYPT is a book for everyone.
Reviews
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.