β Scribed by Shirley Ann Grau
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A "luminescent" collection of stories about nine Southern women from the Pulitzer Prizeβwinning author of The Keepers of the House (The New York Times).
The nine namesake women of this collection come from widely disparate worlds, from isolated bayou towns to New Orleans high society. All, however, struggle with grief, longing, and hope.
In "Widows Walk," Myra Rowland tries to make sense of life after the death of her husband. "In the Beginning" depicts a daughter trying to understand her own mother's determination to raise her up from abject poverty. "Ending," meanwhile, tells of a couple whose union dissolves just as their daughter marries. In many cases, these protagonists are struggling to accept the sudden loss of life and love in a land teeming with both.
In this unforgettable volume, one of America's most masterful storytellers writes with an eye for the female experience and the teeming diversity of life in the...
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