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Book Review of Walking Across Egypt

Walking Across Egypt
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Helpful Score: 1


At first I wasn't liking this book very much, but then as Mattie and her clan and neighbors gathered round the dinner table, all I could think of was Stephanie Plum's family at Friday night dinner. Mattie was a Grandma Mazur without the Glock in her purse, the poodle-permed hair, over-active sex-drive. She's a Grandma Mazur with a Southern accent and a whole lot more common sense. While Grandma does funeral homes, Mattie visits prisoners. And this story is about how she feeds everyone, and takes in a 16 year old prisoner and begins to rehab him through her pound cake, and demand for cleanliness and good manners. A quick, sweet read.