“Yep, that’s that Yazoo clay.”…… A Southerner’s simple explanation of the common destruction caused by the continual movement of Mississippi’s soil. If you weren’t from ‘these parts’ and did not understand why a house leaned or a pool held no water, you might also have difficulty with Eudora Wel...
3.5/5This is less a review than a running collection of my thoughts as recorded in an experimental thread for "The Southern Literary Trail" group.Part ILaurel seems like she's got a lot to learn about her father and perhaps mother. I'm wondering whether Fay will be the conduit for that learning. ...
Based on a Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, the novella evinces masterful use of narrative compression which gives it the ring of parable. Set before the American Revolution, Clement, a Southern planter who has done quite well for himself, returns home from selling his tobacco to the B...
Rating: 3.75* of fiveThe Publisher Says: A vivid and charming portrait of a large southern family, the Fairchilds, who live on a plantation in the Mississippi delta. The story, set in 1923, is exquisitely woven from the ordinary events of family life, centered around the visit of a young relative...