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56 ratings, 3.91 average rating, 5 reviews
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published
2002
(first published 1970)
by Book-of-the-Month Club
binding
Hardcover, 436 pages
isbn
096537467X
(isbn13: 9780965374675)
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Three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants gather at her Mississippi home to celebrate her 90th birthday. Possessed of the true storyteller's gi...more
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A hard book to get into largely because the first page or so contain some of Welty's worst writing (an over-reliance on similes and an overall forced feel) and the next 20 pages intoduce the reader to so many characters so quickly that it's easy to get bogged down. After the rough start it gets quite good, even though not a whole lot happens, as the whole novel covers just a day (or two?) of a massive depression-era family reunion. Not quite the masterpiece Eudora I imagine wanted it to be, but ...more
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a family reunion in Mississippi. Everyone - aunts, uncles, granny, the siblings, the young wife, the baby - is expecting Jack to come back home on the day of Granny's 90ieth birthday. Celebration starts and everyone's got plenty to tell... about the family's story.
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Read in June, 1998
Welty is a gem but many a good reader has lost battles with Losing Battles. I must admit I did finally come to terms with it the second time around and can only recommend perserverance.
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Read in March, 2008
I don't know. I like Eudora Welty but this book was supposed to be a comedy and left me feeling profoundly depressed. Some really great descriptive passages, though.
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Read in May, 2004
It's well written, but verrrrrrrry slow paced. A different speed for a different time and place.
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