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The Christmas letters : a novella / by Lee Smith.
Van Pelt Library PS3569.M5376 C48 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Lee, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 126 pages : ;c19 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, 1996.
- Summary:
- This heartwarming story of three generations of Christmas letter writers is about family tradition, family love, family strength - the perfect story to give at Christmas, and to read yourself. Birdie Pickett, her daughter Mary, and her granddaughter Melanie are all storytellers at heart. Their letters - folded inside their Christmas cards - tend to be long ones because they write to explain their lives as much to themselves as to far-flung family and friends. In these vivid, familiar, gossipy letters, Lee Smith's skill at capturing women's voices renders the "clash of generations" - heard here at very close range - as the music of our ever-evolving American family life. It's the perfect music to listen to at Christmastime.
- ISBN:
- 1565121562
- OCLC:
- 34583944
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