From the Bottom Up: Stories

by Leigh Allison Wilson

Leigh Allison Wilson is, as one of her narrators says of the country music lover, "an inveterate truth seeker who, deep down, believes every word is at best a pack of decent lies and at worst a matter of opinion." This debut collection was one of the first two winners of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.

Genres: Short Stories

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wilson has a language absolutely all her own. Her description is fascinating. A joy to read. She has a marvelous incidental humor to her writing as well. Not forced at all. She tells a great story.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as many of the later Flannery O'Connor Award winners.