In addition to her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne Moody was the author of Mr. Death: Four Stories. She died in 2015.
“Simply one of the best, Anne Moody’s autobiography is an eloquent,
moving testimonial to . . . courage.”—Chicago Tribune
“A history of our time, seen from the bottom up, through the eyes
of someone who decided for herself that things had to be changed .
. . a timely reminder that we cannot now relax.”—Senator Edward
Kennedy, The New York Times Book Review
“Something is new here . . . rural southern black life begins to
speak. It hits the page like a natural force, crude and undeniable
and, against all principles of beauty, beautiful.”—The Nation
“Engrossing, sensitive, beautiful . . . so candid, so honest, and
so touching, as to make it virtually impossible to put down.”—San
Francisco Sun-Reporter
"Simply one of the best, Anne Moody's autobiography is an eloquent,
moving testimonial to . . . courage."-Chicago Tribune
"A history of our time, seen from the bottom up, through the eyes
of someone who decided for herself that things had to be changed .
. . a timely reminder that we cannot now relax."-Senator Edward
Kennedy, The New York Times Book Review
"Something is new here . . . rural southern black life
begins to speak. It hits the page like a natural force, crude and
undeniable and, against all principles of beauty, beautiful."-The
Nation
"Engrossing, sensitive, beautiful . . . so candid, so
honest, and so touching, as to make it virtually impossible to put
down."-San Francisco Sun-Reporter
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