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Publisher's summary
So it is in See Rock City. It is okay to want a new house. But once the family gets the new house, nothing is to be okay for some time. The long reliable Plymouth gives way. Then, on the first Sunday in the new house, they almost burn it down. With Mother warning, "Trouble always comes in threes!" the family embarks upon an ill-conceived Florida vacation.
With two young boys in the back seat and two adults in the front, all members of the that long-dammed-up Scots-Irish gene pool, the trip is doomed. Only Mother's intuition saves the day. She keeps the rules one step ahead of the back-seat contestants until she offers the ultimate prize for the next sighting of a barn painted "See Rock City."
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"Wise...touching...funny...sad...Donald Davis is all of these, plus just plain captivating." (AudioFile)
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- Sue Brewer and the Birth of Outlaw Country Music
- By: Rachel Bonds, Holly Gleason, Dub Cornett
- Narrated by: Mandy Moore, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, W. Earl Brown, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Original Recording
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Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson. Before they were household names, these budding legends called Sue’s Nashville apartment—lovingly dubbed the “Boar’s Nest”—home. Sue’s place was an intimate staging ground where a new breed of singer-songwriters—wounded souls, wayward upstarts—would spur each other on to tap into something bigger, realer.
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fantastic
- By Jennifer L. Applebaum on 03-18-24
By: Rachel Bonds, and others
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Braces hurt. Braces look funny. Braces are downright embarrassing. And just about the time you think they're going to feel normal, it's time to tighten them up again. Worst of all, most of us get braces just at that time of life when the last thing we want to do is to look conspicuous, to call attention to ourselves in any way. This new coming-of-age story employs storyteller Donald Davis' trademark descriptions and humor to address the question: is this worth all the pain and embarrassment?
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Another good story
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The ending of the Christmas play.
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Screen Drive-In Theater hired a young Donald Davis to work his high school summers there. Employment at the Sulpher Springs Big-Screen Drive-In Theater consisted of working the concession stand, catching "slip-ins", and patrolling the back row to learn about love and life. The theater survives Davis and his friends' summer hijinks until Labor Day.
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The best friend of our youth has no replacement, ever. Though we may start out as "two peas in a pod", we often lose touch with one another. In this affecting tale of two adults who reclaim their childhood bond after 30 years apart, the comforts of friendship are affirmed with humor and wit.
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- Donald
- 05-21-03
Excellent
We first checked this out as a cassette from the library. We took it on a 17 hour car trip. We all loved it! My sons (ages 6&8) have listened to it so many time they know whole sections by heart, and they still love to hear it again.
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- Peter J B
- 03-18-22
I'm listening to this for the 5th time!
This audio book is fun to listen to, because of the story line AND the story teller's southern accent. The ending of this story is memorable... so don't read the ending first.
I can relate to parts of this story, and I hope you can too!
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- Willie
- 10-02-17
I Loved it
I always love Donald Davis, and this time was no exception! Great Southern style storytelling!
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- Julie
- 07-17-17
More southern stories
The southern storyteller Donald Davis is back to tell the story of the one and only family vacation they took , and also remembrances of his kindergarten year and the wonderful teacher he still remembers. A+ audio !
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