A memoir of living in the Southern United States, All Over but the Shoutin' is Rick Bragg's account of his escape from childhood poverty in Alabama to his rise as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times. At the heart of the story is his family - a strong, hardworking mother and a hotheaded alcoholic father - which he looks at with sadness, sympathy and anger. | All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg, Paperback | Indigo Chapters