Leaving Pipe Shop: Memories of Kin

by Deborah E. McDowell

Book Overview

In the illuminating language of memory, Deborah McDowell tells the story of her family, living a segregated life in Bessemer, Alabama, where her father worked at U.S. Foundry and Pipe, nicknamed Pipe Shop. Through the intimate details of their daily lives, she shows us how civil rights affected a working-class town, among three generations of women and men. McDowell movingly uncovers a world rarely portrayed, where she was raised to love the sounds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393318435
• ISBN13: 9780393318432
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

long lasting pleasure grows from the reading of this book.

McDowell has written a talking book. The dialog brings the people to life and gave this reader the feeling of accompanying the author on visits to her community. Matriarchial society, authoritarian upbringing of children, love and caring, laughter and sadness as well as the events of the 50's and 60's are memorably brought into focus. I urge you not to ignore this little-known gem of a book