Among the Mushrooms, Bailey White
Among the Mushrooms, Bailey White
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Among the Mushrooms
Selected Stories from NPR's Bailey White

Author: Bailey White

Narrator: Bailey White

Unabridged: 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/1994

Categories: Nonfiction, Humor


Synopsis

In this collection of stories about life and living from Bailey White— the former first-grade teacher, avid gardener, and frequent host of NPR's All Things Considered— recalls anecdotes about her rural upbringing, her eccentric mother, and other tales tinted with her southern charm. In addition to “ Among the Mushrooms,” the stories in this recording include “ Flying Saucer”
“ Music”
“ Sidewalk Diagnosis”
“ In the Bleak Mid-Winter”
“ Movie Producer”
“ Mama' s Memoirs”
“ Maritime Disasters”
“ Vikings”
“ The Retired Russian Colonel”
“ Fax It”
“ Sleep and Prayer”
“ White Horses in the Snow”

About Bailey White

Bailey White is the author of the national bestsellers Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Sleeping at the Starlite Motel, as well as the novel Quite a Year for Plums. She is also a regular commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. She lives in south Georgia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on September 26, 2015

Among the Mushrooms: Selected Stories From NPR's Bailey White by Bailey White (Phoenix Audio 1993)(nonfiction). This is a collection of the delicious stories of the gravelly-voiced schoolteacher from Thomasville, Georgia as only she can tell them. Favorites from this batch include the firewood-split......more

Goodreads review by B. on August 31, 2009

This was a great set of stories from Bailey White. I really enjoyed that you didn't find out the humor in the story until the end. It kept me thinking, "where is she going with this?"......more