Here is a collection of Bailey White's best-loved stories, which are tender, sometimes eccentric, and often hilarious. Her tales evoke a rural America populated by folks like Uncle Jimbuddy, a cabinetmaker with an unfortunate proclivity for chopping off his fingers; Aunt Belle, who teaches an alligator to roar on command; and White's ferocious, arthritic mother, Rose, who keeps worms in her kitchen for amusement.
