That is to say, this is a book for everyone.” —Elana K. Arnold, author of What Girls Are Made Of "With a clear, compelling voice, Walker creates a believable world where socioeconomic tensions challenge, but never defeat, her well ...
... the heterosexual romances epitomized perhaps by Gone with the Wind offer another pole, implicitly defining and located within what we might call heterosexual culture, between these poles we can find romance stories by southern women that ...
"Collection of essays capturing the transformation of the American South from agrarian to industrial/commercial over the course of the twentieth century from the perspective of women struggling against poverty by relying on tradition and ...