Fair and Tender Ladies
Author: Lee Smith
“A TOUR DE FORCE”- Los Angeles Times”The story of Ivy Rowe, born near the turn of the century in the Virginia Mountain enclave of Sugar Fork, is told completely through letters that Ivy is forever writing family and friends…Lee Smith exhibits her own understanding and affection for the traditions of the Appalachians. She is at home with the down-home speech and ways of h….Read More
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