“I love Lee Smith's writing, but I have to admit it took a couple of tries to get past the first few pages of this book, though I'm glad now I did. I was thrown off a little by the "spitfire" reference. I generally detest any Southern fiction book that pitches its female main character as "spunky" or "irreverent" or refers to "hairdos" or any other very tired, stereotypical reference to Southern women. Once I was into it, though, it was totally absorbing. And as a NC resident and the child of...”

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