Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness (Hardcover)

by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Author)
Key Phrases: Down South, Aunt Hattie, Block Party Day (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes offers a loving tribute to her beloved grandmother, the love she received, and the lessons she learned. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
Jewell Parker Rhodes, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction, including Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass' Women, Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors, and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction, is the Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing and artistic director of the Virginia G. Piper Center in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Atria (September 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743497112
• ISBN-13: 978-0743497114
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,065,887 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ENJOYABLE WHILE ENLIGHTENING, January 3, 2007

By	Ruth Wheeler "SEA WOMAN" (CHINO VALLEY, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

MS RHODES HAS AN INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO PUT FAMILY HISTORY INTO AN ENJOYABLE READING MEDIUM. THIS BOOK IS ONE I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ANYONE WHO'S IN TUNE WITH LIFE AND A BIT OF NOSTALGIA. I LOOK FORWARD TO READING ANYTHING ELSE THIS WOMAN HAS WRITTEN.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Wonderful, January 26, 2007

By	K. Edwards (East Windsor, NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The title of the book explains it all. It is about Jewell and her Grandmother just bonding as Grandmother's and grandchildren do. It's just little snippets of her life with grandma on the porch and the all the wisdom behind her grandmother's words.

Very touching novel...

It made me miss my grandmother even more...

Great Job Jewell

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miss Ernestines granddaughter, March 29, 2007

By	Carol A. Thornton (Silver Spring MD USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As one of Jewell's cousins reading this book was like taking a train ride back in time. I could see my Grandmother's face, hear her voice, smell her food and see her loving eyes. I thank my Cousin for reminding me and sharing with others how her loving Spirit lives on in those who know her words. My Daughter never knew my Gram, but can now know her Spirit through the words of this wonderful book.