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The Member of the Wedding - Carson McCullers
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This is a favorite of mine. I haven't read it since I was near to Frankie's age, so it's time of a reread.
This was one of my first important books, read as a teenager. My librarian realized I was running out of good choices. The memory of this book always tugs at my heart. I am now old, so must chose which books are worthwhile.
Too long since I read this, but it has a special place in my heart, from first reading in my late teens.(My two paragraph "review" is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., from early days on GR.)
"...This fantasy transforms Frankie's twelve-year-old perspective on herself, her relationships, and her small Southern hometown. Her inevitable disillusionment and ultimate survival seem almost mythical, yet the tale is told in the simplest terms. The ongoing conversations in the hot kitchen between Frankie, her cousin John Henry, and the cook Berenice resonate with social and personal authenticity..."
(K.B., p. 132)
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