REVIEWS

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"Bill Thompson's gentle recollections of the real South prove that he understands one very important truth: For the best stories you have to turn off  the paved road. This love letter (Backyards, Bow Ties and Beauty Queens) to a time and place that could only be written by someone who understands the poignancy of the faded Merita bread sign on a rusty screen door.  Thompson needn't fret about the demise of the Southern gentleman as long as he is still on this side of the dirt."

 -CELIA RIVENBARK/ Humorist & Best Selling Author 

"You don't have to meet Bill Thompson to feel as if you've known him.  You only need to read his delightful books. Bill captures the very essence of North Carolina.  And so many who love this state, love him for it."

 -JERRY BLEDSOE/ New York Times Best Selling Author and Publisher 

"Bill is one of the most entertaining speakers.  He's like listening to a conversation between Charles Kuralt and Lewis Grizzard."

-KIM HUFHAM/ President-Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau

"I wish we could have heard more.  The Committee of 100 and Chamber audience loved him.  He was like one of us.

-LOU POWELL/ Executive Director-Wallace Chamber of Commerce

"...A very classy, funny Southern gentleman. Bill takes us back to a time when everything was slower and simpler and we spent time enjoying the simple pleasures.  Our group just enjoyed him so much.  Much of our country heritage is being lost, but Bill is the man who can still bring it home.  I guess you could say he's a "County Ambassador". 

-BILL ELLERS/ National Association of County Agricultural Agents