![]() She asks us not to dismiss the woman narrating "The Southern Cross" as a gold-digger too shallow to matter. Lamb told her as he set her broken ankle, 'are these: Pay attention, pay attention, pay attention.' " ![]() She gives the red-hatters what they crave, and realizes the same, especially after taking to heart her doctor's advice: " 'The three most important rules of aging,' Dr. In "House Tour," Lynn, whose marriage and body are breaking, spins a ghost tale for unwelcome and misguided house-tour visitors. ![]() At the end, we are there, celebrating their strong and certain victories of the heart. We fall under the spell of her delicious Southern cadence, and we care for her characters, especially at the moment when one distilled event irrevocably alters everything. In the book - which has new and selected stories - Smith offers the grit of the domestic scene, the power of the written word, and the transcendent beauty of women as friends, lovers, daughters and mothers. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger" galvanizes that reputation. ![]() Lee Smith has long had a reputation as a master of the short story, and her new collection, "Mrs. ![]()
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