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An engaging account of one woman's overcoming the Depression and small town mores.

Viola Goode Liddell's short memoir tells the story of her return to Alabama in search of a husband and a new life. Thirty years old and recently divorced, Liddell comes back to her home state--with her young son--determined to survive, during the depths of the Depression. Liddell narrates the obstacles she faces as a single mother in the 1930s Deep South with self-deprecating humor and a confessional tone that reveal both her intelligence and her unapologetic ambitions.

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Two generations of Alabamians will welcome the reappearance of this classic: those who loved it when it was published to national acclaim in 1948 and who have missed it during the many years it has been out of print, and those who have enjoyed Viola Goode Liddell s follow-up success, "A Place of Springs," and eagerly seek more from her pen. A Book-of-the-Month Club selection when first published, "With a Southern Accent" belongs on the shelves of all those who have wearied of the labels and want to meet the "people" of yesterday s South."