Walking Across Egypt: A Novel - Hardcover

Edgerton, Clyde

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0912697512 ISBN 13: 9780912697512

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 1987

Synopsis

"An unpretentious, finely-crafted novel that will linger with the readers like the last strains of a favorite hymn. It is more enjoyable than a pitcher full of sweet tea and one of Mattie's home-cooked dinners."--The Atlanta Journal & Constitution

She had as much business keeping a stray dog as she had walking across Egypt--which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen, who at 78, might be slowing down just a bit. When young, delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake....Wise witty, down-home and real, Walking Across Egypt is a book for everyone.

About this title

About the Author:

Clyde Edgerton lives in Apex, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and now teaches at St. Andrew's College, Laurinburg.

Synopsis:

Mattie Rigsbee, seventy-eight and set in her ways, decides to help out Wesley Benfield, a troubled adolescent just out of reform school for car theft.

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0912697512
• ISBN 13: 9780912697512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216