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This biography of Charlie Bundrum, Ava's Man, resonated so very much with my own memories of my grandpas. I treasured every single little detail of those hard times during the Great Depression. Both of my grandpas had large families. Both families had to rely on Mama to care for the kids, garden, livestock. The grandpas were on the road most of the time. My Mom was one of ten children, the oldest girl. My Dad was one of five, the oldest boy. The rustic shacks with no electricity, no indoor plumbing sparked my early memories of visiting family. Shacks on dirt roads. My Mom's family lived in the country outside of Lone Rock, Wisconsin. My Dad's family was from Potneck, Tennessee. Both of my parents set out for Southern California, the promised land, in the late 1930's. Never looked back. Rick Bragg gives my family voice. The audio version enriched the story.