On Grandma's Porch: Stories and True Facts about Growing up Southern in the Good Old Days

Sweet Tea #3

by Debra Leigh Smith, Martha Shields, Sandra Chastain

Stories and "True Facts" about growing up Southern in the good old days. More than a dozen southern authors contribute warm, nostalgic stories and fun trivia about "the era before shopping malls, Disney, and Wal-Mart." Includes the authors' favorite nostalgic recipes.

Genres: Southern, Short Stories, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

Reviews

[Suzie Quint · Rating 1 out of 5]

Doesn't have nearly the charm of the first Sweet Tea book.

[Rose Lienau · Rating 3 out of 5]

It started out comical then got boring, sorry it wasn't what I expected/ was disappointed

[kelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

On Grandma's Porch was a collection of short stories of memories that the authors had of their grandparents and growing up southern. The book was delightful. I like that it was short stories and I could sit down with the book for an hour at night after everybody had gone home and Mr. J was asleep and unwind reading one of these stories. It was relaxing and soothing. All of the stories were fond recollections of times spent with grandparents or aunts or some other elderly relative. I recall time spent with my own grandparents with the same fondness. I am currently in the grandparenting stage of my own life and as I read these stories I couldn't help but hope that 40 or 50 years from now my own grandchildren will look back on my life with the same degree of love.

[Rose]

I enjoyed reading this book. I love stories from around the time my mother and grandmother lived--although having been born in 1915, my mother COULD have been my grandmother! *laughs* I have to admit that I love the Mossy Creek series as well. I just with my local library system had the later ones. Getting them via ILL is a tad nerve-wracking.

[Janet · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't finish.

[Donna Peake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loving this series and what a great cover. So like reading about how times were with my GrandParents.

[Nena Stillwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this glimpse back at a more simple time.