Week 1 Discussion

We have been reading this book for a week now and still nothing really exciting has happened, so we don't have any questions to answer or anything. So far, it's just him telling us about his childhood and how rough of life he had to live when he was a child. He grew up in a very bad part of Alabama, he lived with his mother who had close to no money to spend on her children, but she loved her kids more than anyone has ever loved their children. She went eighteen years without getting one new dress so that her kids could have clothes for school. His father is the exact opposite, not very supportive at all. He was never there for his kids when they needed him, most kids have a dad that will take them to the park, play sports with, and just have fun with him, but not Rick Bragg, he never had the chance to do any of that stuff with his father. It really shows how tough Rick and his family was during this time, I know I don't have it in me to get through a childhood like that, it really shows how dedicated they were toward not just themselves, but to their family.