Ava's Man - Hardcover

"Grabİs¨ you from the first sentence....İand¨ stays with you long after you put it down....It is hard to think of a writer who reminds us more forcefully and wonderfully of what people and families are all about." "--The New York Times Book Review"
"Earthy, mischievous, yet gorgeous. . . . İBragg's¨ tales . . . would not be out of place if they were told around a campfire." "--San Francisco Chronicle"
"As toothsome as a catfish supper. İBragg¨ is every bit the equal of . . . Harper Lee and Truman Capote." "--People"
"İBragg has¨ a true gift for great storytelling (the kind...that makes you think it's just a plain old story, until he gets to the end and you're either weeping or covered with goosebumps)." "--New Orleans Times-Picayune"

Grab[s] you from the first sentence....[and] stays with you long after you put it down....It is hard to think of a writer who reminds us more forcefully and wonderfully of what people and families are all about. The New York Times Book Review
Earthy, mischievous, yet gorgeous. . . . [Bragg s] tales . . . would not be out of place if they were told around a campfire. San Francisco Chronicle
As toothsome as a catfish supper. [Bragg] is every bit the equal of . . . Harper Lee and Truman Capote. People
[Bragg has] a true gift for great storytelling (the kind...that makes you think it s just a plain old story, until he gets to the end and you re either weeping or covered with goosebumps). New Orleans Times-Picayune"

"Grab[s] you from the first sentence....[and] stays with you long after you put it down....It is hard to think of a writer who reminds us more forcefully and wonderfully of what people and families are all about." --The New York Times Book Review

"Earthy, mischievous, yet gorgeous. . . . [Bragg's] tales . . . would not be out of place if they were told around a campfire." --San Francisco Chronicle
"As toothsome as a catfish supper. [Bragg] is every bit the equal of . . . Harper Lee and Truman Capote." --People

"[Bragg has] a true gift for great storytelling (the kind...that makes you think it's just a plain old story, until he gets to the end and you're either weeping or covered with goosebumps)." --New Orleans Times-Picayune

Rick Bragg is the best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin’ and Somebody Told Me. A national correspondent for the New York Times, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1996. He lives in New Orleans.