Showing My Summer of Southern Discomfort by Stephanie Gayle

Pub Date: 2008-05-06 Pages: 244 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US Today is Monday The calls do not come as before Weeks elapse between them. and when I answer the phone there is no overlap of voices. only my.. mothers. She spends much of the conversation avoiding mention of the pink elephant trumpeting in the middle of the room. The pink elephant would be my defection to Georgia. When I telephoned with the news of my imminent relocation my father asked. Georgia. as in the Republic of Georgia by the Black Sea. or Georgia as in the Peach State He hoped I meant the former because that Georgia promised unique opportunities to advance the democratic cause of justice. What could Georgia. former land of the Confederacy. offer Convicting arsonists and thieves in Macon. Georgia. was never Harvard Law grad Natalie Goldbergs dream. The pay is abysmal. the work is exhausting...