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"This is about a moving a work of literature as has ever been written." ANNIE DILLARD The story of Ivy Rowe, spanning almost a century in the Virginia backwoods, is told completely through the letters that Ivy never stops writing over the course of her long and varied life. A remarkable... read more

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"My dear Hanneke, Your name is not much common here, I think it is so pretty too."

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  1. Lee Smith (Author)
 

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