Lee Smith



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A dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: diaries, letters, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and bones. It's through these treasured mementos that we meet Molly Petree.

Raised in those ruins and orphaned by the Civil War, Molly is a refugee who has no interest in self-pity. When a mysterious benefactor appears out her father's past to rescue her, she never looks back.

Spanning half a century, <em>On Agate Hill</em> follows Mollys passionate, picaresque journey through love, betrayal, motherhood, a murder trialand back home to Agate Hill under circumstances she nev...more

books by Lee Smith

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avg rating: 3.74 | 2132 ratings | 26 distinct works
The Last Girls The Last Girls (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 3.13 — 488 ratings — published 2003
12 editions
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Fair and Tender Ladies Fair and Tender Ladies (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 4.18 — 331 ratings — published 1990
5 editions
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Oral History Oral History (Paperback)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 4.02 — 247 ratings — published 1996
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On Agate Hill: A Novel On Agate Hill: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 3.74 — 190 ratings — published 2006
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Saving Grace Saving Grace (Paperback)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 3.78 — 147 ratings — published 1996
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Family Linen Family Linen (Paperback)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 3.81 — 126 ratings — published 1996
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The Devil's Dream The Devil's Dream (Paperback)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 3.99 — 111 ratings — published 1993
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Black Mountain Breakdown Black Mountain Breakdown (Paperback)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 4.06 — 98 ratings — published 1996
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Me and My Baby View the Eclips... Me and My Baby View the Eclipse (Paperback)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 3.97 — 76 ratings — published 1997
5 editions
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Cakewalk Cakewalk (Paperback)
by Lee Smith
avg rating 3.75 — 76 ratings — published 1996
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"And I belive I am too, and if you think that is awful, then you dont understand a thing."
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