The day Uncle Goodwin "Buddy" Bush came from Harlem all the way back home to Rehobeth Road in Rich Square, North Carolina, is the day twelve-year-old Pattie Mae Sheals' life changes forever. Pattie Mae adores and admires Uncle Buddy -- he's tall and handsome and he doesn't believe in the country...
Always on Friday. On Friday me and Ma leave our house and come here to Jones Property for our catfish supper. I miss Uncle Buddy too. Maybe when I go to Harlem and find my uncle, I can bring him home. Then he can be the man in the house. Now that Grandpa is dead, Uncle Buddy should be the man aro...
Bro. Wiley’s body like they were the National Guard. The reverend never stopped chewing what had to be his fifth piece of chicken. Wait till Ma see him eating in her living room. “Folks, it’s time for us to pay our last respects to Mr. Bro. Wiley before the storm comes,” R...