Flowers Out of Bone

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1             “Mom, I can only imagine how hard this has been on you.” Emma touches… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (14)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1             Crying had helped to free me. Big Mama didn’t allow crying. “Only de weak… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (11)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1             Surely there must’ve been some joy in my childhood. It’s hard to imagine that… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (10)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1 Emma sighs and stretches her arms forward and sits up. She doesn’t look as much… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (9)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1 Old Man Forest from our church worked in the yard. He told us how the… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (7)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1 I wish Big Mama could be there; it’d help me to feel part of the… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (6)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1             I love wearing Big Mama’s pearls. I run my finger around the rough edge… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (5)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1 Writing checks to my family felt cold and heartless at first, but I soon got… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (4)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1               “All I want for graduation is you to go home and see Gram.… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (3)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1             But that doesn’t mean I’ll be getting involved in my Alabama family’s life out… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (2)

Flowers Out of Bone by Ethel Morgan Smith Chapter 1               The highway stretches before me like an open grave. My approach is as… Read More »Flowers Out of Bone (1)