Grass widow making my way in depression Alabama - Liddell, Viola Goode (University of Alabama Press, 2004)
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Preface; One: Crossing Over; Two: Charting the Way; Three: Getting Launched; Four: Compass Bearings; Five: The Course; Six: Shoals; Seven: "There Is a Tide ..."
An engaging account of one woman's overcoming the Depression and small town mores. Viola Goode Liddell's short memoir tells the story of her return to Alabama in search of a husband and a new life. Thirty years old and recently divorced, Liddell comes back to her home state--with her young son--determined to survive, during the depths of the Depression. Liddell narrates the obstacles she faces as a single mother in the 1930s Deep South with self-deprecating humor and a confessional tone that reveal both her intelligence and her unapologetic ambitions. Unable to earn, borrow, or beg enough mone