Oral History

Name: Oral History
Author: Lee Smith

by Lee Smith

Interconnected voices reveal secrets of a West Virginia family across generations

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Lee Smith

Lee Smith is a North Carolina novelist who has written with warmth and comedy about Appalachian women's lives for more than fifty years. Oral History and Fair and Tender Ladies are her most celebrated works.

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