Ava's Man

Rick Bragg continues his personal history of the Deep South by recounting his mother's childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the extraordinary life of her father, Charlie Bundrum. Charlie was a resourceful man who worked tirelessly as a roofer, carpenter, and whiskey-maker, always staying one step ahead of poverty to provide for his seven children. This is a soaring tribute to a true hero whose resilience and talent for living would otherwise have been lost to history.