Mama was a natural cook. At harvest time, she would whip up a noontime dinner for the men in the field: fried chicken with milk gravy, ham, mashed potatoes, lima beans, field peas, corn, slaw, sliced tomatoes, fried apples, biscuits, and peach pie. Bobbie Ann Mason applebeanbiscuit share on social
I grew up on popular music, and rock-and-roll expresses very deep feelings of those people who don't have a lot. Bobbie Ann Mason deepexpressfeeling Change image and share on social
My father-in-law was a pilot. During World War II, he was shot down in a B-17 over Belgium. With the help of the French Resistance, he made his way through Occupied France and back to his base in England. Bobbie Ann Mason backbasebelgium share on social
I lived on the farm with my parents and grandparents. I had no playmates as a young child, and I was indulged. I helped my grandmother piece quilts, and we made pretty albums, an old-fashioned pastime. We cut poems and pictures out of magazines. Bobbie Ann Mason albumchildcut share on social
I grew up 150-200 miles from any city. You simply didn't have much connection with the outside world. So my dreams were always to get out. It's a familiar kind of thing, I think, for anybody in a small town. Bobbie Ann Mason cityconnectiondream share on social
Reading is so private, and it is often a reader's habit to finish a book, close the covers, and plunge into the next one without a backward glance. Bobbie Ann Mason backwardbookclose Change image and share on social
During the Cold War, workers proudly contributed to national defense, but the carelessness and haste in handling toxic waste created a nightmare of pollution for subsequent generations. Bobbie Ann Mason carelessnesscoldcontribute Change image and share on social
In the early Seventies, I started writing a little autobiographical novel about my childhood - I made it into a mystery story. Bobbie Ann Mason autobiographicalchildhoodearly Change image and share on social
In America, we all come from somewhere else, and we carry along some dream myth of home: a notion that something - our point of origin, our roots, the home country - is out there. Bobbie Ann Mason americacarrycountry Change image and share on social
I wanted to be somebody, go somewhere, do something with my life. Bobbie Ann Mason lifewant Change image and share on social
