Mississippi Sissy
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.54 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312341024 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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. In performing his electrifying coming-of-age memoir, Sessums adroitly introduces the cast of characters who shaped his journey. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. As an eight-year-old boy coping with the horrific loss of his parents and a nagging sense of being "different" from his peers in the Mississippi town of Forest, Sessums assumes the persona of What's My Line panelist Arlene Francis. Listeners accustomed to contemporary autobiographical titles should be forewarned that they are entering unapologetic gothic territory akin to that of Eudora Welty (a friend and mentor to Sessums) or even Flannery O'Connor. The vocal renderings of such memorable figures as the family's loving and devoted—as well as self-confident and determined—maid Matty May, who repeatedly recites "Poitier" as a mantra in the days and weeks following Sidney Poitier's 1963 Oscar win, resonate with remarkable clarity. "Call me Arlene!" he ins
Moving masterwork Gregory Lewis This is a truly remarkable piece of literature. Kevin Sessums writes with the blatantly refreshing honesty that is so true to his southern roots. He delves deeply inside his feelings; enabling the reader to feel as if he is present. The book is quite entertaining but it goes beyond sheer entertainment. There are lessons to be learned, yet it's not at all preachy. The insights into Eudora Welty also make you appreciate her all the more.I'm so glad to have picked this up. Bravo Mr. Sessums!!. Moving This is the most moving book I have read in a very very long time. It took me through the full range of emotions--laughter to tears. It had such a hold on me I finished it in one day. It made me feel like being 11 years old again reading "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" for the first time.. Just wasn't that impressed I was looking foreward to reading this book, but frankly was disappointed. It all seemed a bit manufactured, as if somebody was repeating a story they had once heard their friend tell after he heard it from his grandmother. Perhaps the author is too far removed from the events. The book wasn't terrible, it was just one of the few books where it never once occured to me to lend it out to a friend.
In his memoir, Kevin Sessums brings to life the pungent American south of the 1960s and the world of the strange little boy who grew there."Kevin Sessums is some sort of cockeyed national treasure.” Michael Cunningham. Mississippi Sissy is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the South.As he grew up in Forest, Mississippi, befriended by the family maid, Mattie May, he became a young man who turned the word "sissy" on its head, just as his mother taught him. In Jackson, he is befriended by Eudora Welty and journalist Frank Hains, but when Hains is brutally murdered in his antebellum mansion, Kevin's long road north towards celebrity begins