Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk Of The Natchez Trace - Plot & Excerpts
I think she got the acting bug from me.And her storytelling.And her looks, most of ’em.I remember her getting the lead in ‘South Pacific’ in college. I didn’t want her to stay home for school. That was Linda’s idea. I thought she needed to go away from home, build her own independence. Like I did. But when I got Andra into the University of Georgia, my alma mater, Linda had a fit.“Andra Watkins is not going to that……that den of iniquity.” Linda’s nostrils flared when she was mad, but I was pretty riled up, too.“I went to that den of iniquity, and I turned out all right.”But nothing I said changed that woman’s mind. Andra enrolled in the local college and kept doing plays. I was there, the day she came home and found Linda on the pot.“Mom!” She breezed by my recliner and headed down the hallway.“My theater professor wants me to audition for the musical theater program at Florida State.” I sat forward in my chair and listened.“He knows people there, and he thinks I’m good enough to win a place and transfer.”I could just see Linda there on her throne, that application straining in her hands.
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