By Rick Bragg, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist.
It's the true story of the son of a single mother who picked cotton to raise her 3 sons in rural Alabama. One of those little boys goes on to win a Pulitzer Prize. This story is told from Rick's point of view, but he uses his beautiful prose to make it as though you're viewing it through the eyes of his mother. A beautiful and dignified look at life in the middle of nowhere. This one will stick with you. I can't recommend it highly enough.
I know that it was certainly popular at some point, as Bragg is fairly well-known, but I have never seen this book on any lists of great memoirs and it deserves to be there. Bragg has grabbed the English language by the horns and bent it to his will to craft images and feelings that jump straight off the page. I finished reading it, then I did the audiobook because I wanted to visit it again. The narrator Frank Muller somehow improves on the already gorgeous book with his accent and excellent voice work.
by Doctor_Karma