Cain't Do Nothing With Love
Ellen Morris Prewitt
Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt
Love is connecting with the man in the maroon Bonneville who killed your Big Naked Guy. Love is responding to grief by inviting the Devil into your home. Love is finding yourself sitting Zen in an Elk’s Lodge. Love is learning your mom is boinking a dude in a squirrel costume.
The quirky characters in Cain’t Do Nothing with Love get themselves in the worst pickles, thanks to love . . . can love get them out? Join them as they travel the wandering, unpredictable path of love.
Nine of the fourteen stories in Cain’t Do Nothing with Love have been previously published in literary journals, such as Arkansas Review, Gulf Coast Literary Journal, Southern Women’s Review. Several have won regional or national contests. You will note, the stories carry a Southern theme. Many are humorous.
The stories also carry a message—doesn’t all good writing? If the message resonates with you, or you just like the story, feel free to click on the Charities page and follow the accompanying links. Do not feel you must make a donation—this is purely optional, at your discretion, take it or leave it.
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Chapters
Lucky Critters | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Rollerblader for Jesus | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Ain't No Commies 'Round Here | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Just Now | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Baby Dog, Peewee Ned, and the Devil's Naked Butt | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Drunk at the FoodLand Again | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
It Does No Good Whatsoever to Stay Bitter | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Superman at the Manor | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
A Trip to the Lawyer | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Gift of the Elephant | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Show the Clothes | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Pocketbook Syndrome | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Full Moon Walk | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt | |
Squiggles the Squirrel | Read by Ellen Morris Prewitt |
Reviews
By: Suzanne Henley
Prewitt creates uniquely colorful characters rooted in the southern landscape with a cauldron of sometimes raucous, sometimes whimsical, but always right-on humor. She captures the human condition that knows no geographic boundary.
By: Lucie Le Blanc
This book is not something I would usually go for but I gave it a chance and I was agreably surprised. I thought the stories would be overly sweet and preachy but it's not what the author went for. They are at the same time funny, snarky and touching. Don't ...
By: Corabel Shofner
I was so blown away by Ellen Morris Prewitt's writing that I bought a bunch of CDs and gave them away for Christmas presents. She has a voice that walks in the room and tells you a thing or two. Colorful, true and heartfelt. So glad to have discovered this ...
By: Rick DeStefanis
A wonderfully unique view of life in the South in which Ellen Morris Prewitt illuminates our human frailties in a very entertaining manner, this collection of stories is well worth the listener's time.
By: JeNM
This is a great collection of wonderfully written stories, each a little different but always meaningful. I'd love to hear/read more from Ellen Morris Prewit.
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