Margaret Elder's Reviews > The Passing: Stories

I ordered this book because I had read and loved Sams' trilogy of works about his growing up, attending college, and being in the Army and medical school. This is an absolutely lovely little book that will appeal to anyone who has a rural background, an interest in history of the South, or who appreciates good writing that delivers chuckles as well as sentimentality. While I thought it would be a book of short stories, it's actually a book of essays about places, people, and tales of Sams' early life in a small Georgia town. It is a relaxing, quick read, (I only used the dictionary twice while reading it),and there is a definite time and place in almost any reader's life for a work like this to appeal. It was perfect timing for me.