Meander Belt – Family, Loss, and Coming of Age in the Working–Class South O`wain

Meander BeltFamily, Loss, and Coming of Age in the Working-Class South\nAuthor(s): M. Randal O'Wain\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9781496213310, 978-1496213310\nSynopsis\nInMeander Belt M. Randal OWain offersa reflection on how a working-class boy from Memphis, Tennessee, came to fall in love with language, reading, writing, and the larger world outside of the American South. This memoir examines what it means for the son of a carpenter to value mental rather than physical laborand what this does to his relationship with his family, whose livelihood and sensibility are decidedly blue collar. Straining the father-son bond further, OWain leaves home to find a life outside Memphis, roaming from place to place, finding odd jobs, and touring with his band. From memory and observation, OWain assembles a subtle and spare portrait of his roots, family, and ultimately discovers that his working-class.