Mama Makes Up Her Mind
 First edition | |
| Author | Bailey White |
|---|---|
| Published | 1993 |
| Publisher | Addison-Wesley |
| ISBN | 978-0-201-63295-8 |
Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living is a 1993 autobiography by Bailey White. The book is a collection of humorous anecdotes about White's experiences as a first-grade teacher living with her mother in rural Georgia. White originally presented these anecdotes as a series of fifty short pieces for National Public Radio, reading them herself. The book was also serialised in the Boston Globe and the Miami Herald.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]Publishers Weekly said readers and radio listeners would enjoy Mama Makes Up Her Mind[1] while Smithsonian said White's book would create her footing alongside other authors of Southern United States.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stuttaford, Genevieve; Steinberg, Sybil (1 March 1993). "Forecasts: Nonfiction". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 240, no. 9. p. 50. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ Trachtman, Paul (September 1993). "Book reviews". Smithsonian. Vol. 24, no. 6. pp. 145–47.
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