Lee’s new book, Mrs. Darcy Meets the Blue-Eyed Stranger, will be published in March, 2010 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. It is a collection of new and selected stories.
The Christmas Letters
Bless Lee Smith's heart! Once again, the
novelist from Chapel Hill, NC, has
proved that nobody knows Southern
women better. Once again, her prose is
apparently effortless--a deft trick for any
writer. Once again, she has crafted a
sparkling little gem of a story brimming
with wit, charm, heartbreak and even,
this time, recipes." --The Chicago Tribune
The Christmas Letters (1996), returns to the epistolary style of Fair and Tender Ladies. The novella opens with Birdie Puckett writing to her mother and sister about life on a North Carolina farm in 1944. In parts 2 and 3, Birdie's daughter and granddaughter continue the letter-writing tradition that spans and links the three generations. The focus shifts from Birdie to her daughter Mary and her life as a new mother, later as a woman whose marriage has turned sour, and finally as a Peace Corps volunteer.
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