Walking Across Egypt: Mattie Rigsbee
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Mattie Rigsbee, from Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton, is
an extremely unique person. She is very bona fide, a true Christian, but
still likes to gossip every once in a while. Her uniqueness shows in many
ways: she is the best cook in Listre, North Carolina, she has the
compulsion to hel ....
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.... people of any age. Her love for her
children is shown throughout the novel. When she cooks for her children
or pesters them about getting married so she can have some grandchildren
proves that she cares about their well-being very much. The love she
radiates is extended to more than her children, like at the end of the
novel when she finally decides to take Wesley on as a foster child so he
can have a nice home and so he can go to church every Sunday.
Through the whole book, Mattie has pro ....
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Word count: 335
Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
