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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood: 15th Anniversary Edition | Janisse Ray
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A gutsy, wholly original memoir of ragged grace and raw beauty. --Kirkus Reviews (STARRED) From the memories of a childhood marked by extreme poverty, mental illness, and restrictive fundamentalist Christian rules, Janisse Ray crafted a memoir that has inspired thousands to embrace their beginnings, no matter how humble, and fight for the places they love. This edition, published on the fifteenth anniversary of the original publication, updates and contextualizes the story for a new generation and a wider audience desperately searching for stories of empowerment and hope. Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound travelers by hulks of old cars. In language at once colloquial, elegiac, and informative, Ray redeems her home and her people, while also cataloging the source of her childhood hope: the Edenic longleaf pine forests, where orchids grow amid wiregrass at the feet of widely spaced, lofty trees. Today, the forests exist in fragments, cherished and threatened, and the South of her youth is gradually being overtaken by golf courses and suburban development. A contemporary classic, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood is a clarion call to protect the cultures and ecologies of every childhood.
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MegCaldwell
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This book was so interesting especially looking at it from the lenses of it being an important first l#of women nature writing.

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Sace
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive collection. No description. No explanation. Some will be old. Some will be new. Don't judge me. I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.

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Original idea of- @StaceyKondla @cortg

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sleepy.ash87 One of my absolute favorites ❤️😻 4y
Sace @sleepy.ash87 OH I'm glad to jear this. One of these days I'll read it. I hope I enjoy it too. 4y
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jillrhudy
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jillrhudy
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Equal parts moving essays about botany/environmentalism and a stunning, brilliant memoir of growing up in rural Georgia. I blazed through it like a longleaf pine fire. Highly recommend for fans of “An Hour Before Daylight” by President Jimmy Carter and “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” by Annie Dillard.

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LauraBeth
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Well if you're going to write a memoir about growing up poor in Georgia and also mix it with some ecology - I'm all about that

shaelyni Read this for a class when I was in college. It was an interesting story. 8y
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