The author grew up listening to family stories that were handed down through generations like treasured pieces of needlework. In this book she records stories told by her mother, Vera Mary Begue Booksh. Mama tells of growing up in the part of New Orleans known as Algiers. She also tells stories passed down from her parents, grandparents and great-grandparents stretching back over 160 years. The Begue family had stories of lost fortunes and disinheritance, stories of larcenous lawyers and disreputable relatives, stories of mysterious apparitions and ghostly happenings. The stories give...
The author grew up listening to family stories that were handed down through generations like treasured pieces of needlework. In this book she records...
