Crimes of the Heart
- ISBN-10
- 0822202506
- ISBN-13
- 9780822202509
- Category
- American drama
- Pages
- 116
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Dramatists Play Service Inc
- Author
- Beth Henley
Description
THE STORY: The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried
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