An Interesting Life: Selections from the Bestselling Book "Mama Makes Up Her Mind"

by Bailey White

Bailey White began telling her stories on NPR's All Things Considered in the summer of 1990. Here is a collection of the south Georgia teacher's finest essays.

Genres: Humor

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First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Bailey White was born in 1950 in Thomasville, Ga. She still lives in the same house in which she grew up, on one of the large tracts of virgin longleaf pine woods. Her father, Robb White, was a fiction writer and later a television and movie script writer. Her mother, Rosalie White, was a farmer, and worked for many years as the executive director of the local Red Cross Chapter. She has one brother, who is a carpenter and boat builder, and one sister, who is a bureaucrat. White graduated from Florida State University in 1973, and has taken a break from teaching first grade to pursue writing full-time. She is the author of Sleeping at the Starlite Motel, Mama Makes Up Her Mind, and Quite a Year for Plums.

Reviews

[Lacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book! It made me laugh and was an enjoyable read.

[Jolayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun to read, often a chuckle as in other Bailey White books. She has a great take on small town life and it's idiosyncrasies.

[Brent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still the greatest!
Highly recommended.