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  • By: Eudora Welty
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  • Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)
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By: Eudora Welty
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Summary

This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations.
Public Domain (P)2011 Random House Audio
Classics Family Life Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural
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Eudora Welty

Great Writer she is so descriptive in her beautiful style. Listen to her fantastic and heartwarming narration.
I could listen to her voice forever
The stories are fascinating and the pace is superb.
Highly recommended to any reader of literature.

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Total garbage

I do not write reviews, ever. But everything in this book, from story to narrator was apallingly bad. No wonder it was free. Just garbage. Total utter garbage

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