Product Description: People love and remember the novels of Bobbie Ann Mason because they ring so true. This dazzling memoir saga of three generations, their aspirations, their conflicts, and the ties that bound them to one another. Spanning decades, Clear Springs gracefully weaves together the stories of Mason's grandparents, parents, and her won generation...read more

The best-selling author of In Country offers a close-up memoir of growing up in the rural farm country near Clear Springs, Kentucky, during the 1940s and 1950s, describing an existence that was rich in family ties, traditions, legends, and a culture rooted in work, the land, and common sense. 35,000 first printing. Tour. (view table of contents)