All Over but the Shoutin'
Why does Rick state more than once that this is not an important book?
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Rick claims that the book is not important because it is just about the lives of one American family. Not a good life, a hard life, and so it doesn't stand for much. However, the book is important for his mother to understand that she was not a failure, and so in writing such a book it becomes exceedingly important for all mothers who feel this way and for the rest of readers to understand what others have to go through sometimes.