Among the Mushrooms (Abridged, Audio cassette, Abridged edition)

Since 1990, NPRs All Things Considered has aired Bailey Whites commentaries about her relatives and rural life in Georgia. Among the Mushrooms is a collection of Whites best-loved stories, which are tender, sometimes eccentric, and often hilarious. Her tales evoke a rural America populated by folks like Uncle Jimbuddy, a cabinetmaker with an unfortunate proclivity for chopping off his fingers; Aunt Belle, who teaches an alligator to roar on command; and Whites ferocious, arthritic mother, Rose, who keeps worms in her kitchen for amusement.