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Oral History
Lee Smith

Oral History

Ballantine (Aug 27, 1996)
9780345410283
| Trade Paperback
320 pages | 140 x 206 mm | English
Dewey 813.54
LC Classification PS3569.M5376 .O7 1993
LC Control No. 92097543

Genre

  • Domestic Fiction

Subject

  • Appalachian Mountains - Fiction
  • Domestic Fiction
  • Mountain Life/ Fiction
  • Oral History/ Fiction
  • Women College Students/ Fiction

Plot

"Delightful and entertaining." PEOPLE When Jennifer, a college student, returns to her childhood home of Hoot Owl Holler with a tape recorder, the tales of murder and suicide, incest and blood ties, bring to life a vibrant story of a doomed family that still refuses to give up.... "Deft and assured....[Lee Smith] is nothing less than masterly." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW From the Paperback edition.