Dimestore
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.
Format: Book
Description: xix, 202 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
"Evenly divided between a book about Smith’s process and her life, first as a Southern mountain child and, later, as the parent of a schizophrenic child, this book is interesting and compelling. Despite being surrounded by loving family and being blessed with an active imagination, Lee copes with a mentally ill mother. Later, her son’s mental illness and early death brings her to the breaking point but she is saved by her writing. This is a read-alike for Karr’s The Liars Club. It desperately needs a cinematic translation for it’s elegant and evocative writing. -- Lois Gross for LibraryReads.,"--NoveList.
Contents:
Preface: Raised to leave: some thoughts on "culture" -- Dimestore -- Recipe box -- Kindly nervous -- Lady lessons -- Marble cake and moonshine -- Big river -- On Lou's porch -- Lightning storm -- Driving Miss Daisy crazy, or, Losing the mind of the South -- Good-bye to the sunset man -- Blue heaven -- A life in books -- Angels passing -- The little locksmith.
Subjects:
Smith, Lee, 1944- -- Childhood and youth.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Southern states.
Grundy (Va.) -- Biography.
Grundy (Va.) -- Social life and customs.
Smith, Lee, 1944- -- Childhood and youth.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Southern states.
Grundy (Va.) -- Biography.
Grundy (Va.) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9781616205027
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Smith, Lee | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Smith, Lee | Southeast | Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Smith, Lee | Wheatley (Shandon) | Biography | In |