Ecology of a Cracker Childhood

The World as Home

By: Janisse Ray

Narrated by: Janisse Ray

Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along US Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by the hedge at the edge of the road and by hulks of old cars and stacks of blown-out tires. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood tells how a childhood spent in rural isolation and steeped in religious fundamentalism grew into a passion to save the almost vanished longleaf pine ecosystem that once covered the South. In language at once colloquial, elegiac, and informative, Ray redeems two Souths.

©1999 Janisse Ray (P)2015 ListenUp Production, LLC

Amazing

I think this book is best read by listening to Janisse Ray speaking from her heart. Best book narration I have heard thus far.

Janisse's ewords are powerful when read aloud.

Excellent recording of an excellent history. I thank Janisse for speaking for trees and animals.

I identified with Janisse

I'm a woman in my 30s who grew up working class in rural Montana, and Ray's stories and knowledge were so familiar to me. I loved how she wove her childhood around naturalist expositions about the Georgian landscape. Only a few times were the environmental descriptions unengaging.

Her reading was sweet and easily understood. You will want to be her friend after listening to this audiobook. She and her family--though troubled at times--seemed like salt-of-the-earth people. Great listen.

Real life 'Overstory' segment

Enjoyed the content and the added bonus of author's narration. Part personal history, part ecology.

Great read

Touches on life in the South, poverty, family bonds and our deteriorating environment. Read by the author which added to the feel and connection to the story.