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The Voice at the Back Door

by Elizabeth Spencer Spencer

Novel exploring race and politics in the American South during the civil rights era

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Elizabeth Spencer Spencer

Elizabeth Spencer was a Mississippi novelist and short story writer who wrote with quiet elegance about the American South and Italy. The Light in the Piazza is her most celebrated novella.

More by Elizabeth Spencer Spencer

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  • The Light in the PiazzaNovella of two Americans in Italy discovering romance and unexpected family connections→
  • No Place for an AngelNovel of a Manhattan family's moral and spiritual crisis spanning decades→
  • The Stories of Elizabeth SpencerCollection of stories spanning decades and continents, her body of short fiction→

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