The Mountain Lion

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Author: Jean Stafford

Coming of age in pre-World War II California and Colorado brings tragedy to Molly and Ralph Fawcett in Jean Stafford’s classic semi-autobiographical novel, first published in 1947. Torn between their mother’s world of genteel respectability and their grandfather’s and uncle’s world of cowboy masculinity, neither Molly nor Ralph can find an acceptable adult role to aspire t….Read More

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