Olive Ann Burns was a lifelong professional writer, journalist, and columnist. Her writing focused on portraying life in the rural American South, often exploring themes of coming-of-age and the cultural customs of country communities. Her works, known for their sensitive characterizations and evocative atmosphere, offer readers a glimpse into the lived world of the past.
This novel of warm humor and honesty is told by Willy Tweedy, a 14-year-old boy living in a small, turn-of-the-century Georgia town. The lessons of life and death, of piousness and irreverence, form the basis of these memorable characters and their stories.
Der 14jährige Will erlebt einen im Sommer 1906 in einer Kleinstadt Georgias Freud und Leid des Erwachsenenwerdens und den Wirbel, der um seinen heiratslustigen, eben verwitweten Opa entsteht.