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  | | Blue Marlin by Lee Smith Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2020 by Blair ISBN-13: 978-1-949467-31-4, ISBN: 1-949467-31-7 "Lee Smith brings her masterful storytelling magic to this jewel of a novella that follows Jenny, an adventurous thirteen-year-old, down to Key West for a patched-up family vacation following the discovery of her father’s illicit affair.Available for the first time as a stand-alone novella, this book centers on the Blue Marlin Motel in 1959, where Jenny, her beautiful socialite mother, and chastened father share their sunny days with mov ..." |
 | | Dimestore(Reprint) A Writer's Life by Lee Smith Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by Algonquin Books ISBN-13: 978-1-61620-646-8, ISBN: 1-61620-646-2 "For the inimitable Lee Smith, place is paramount. For forty-five years, her fiction has lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. But never before has she written her own story. Set deep in the mountains of Virginia, the Grundy of Lee Smith’s youth was a place of coal miners, tent revivals, mountain music, drive-in theaters, and her daddy’s dimestore. It was in that dimestore--listening to customers and in ..." |
 | | Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2011 by Berkley Trade ISBN-13: 978-0-425-23045-9, ISBN: 0-425-23045-7 "Ivy Rowe, Virginia mountain girl, then wife, mother, and finally "Mawmaw," never strays far from her home-but the letters she writes take her across the country and over the ocean. Writing "to hold onto what's passing," she tells stories that are rich with the life of Appalachia in words that are colloquial, often misspelled, but always beautiful. From childhood, when teachers encouraged her gift for language, to her rebellious teenage ..." |
 | | The Last Girls(Reprint) A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Lee Smith Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2003 by Ballantine Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-345-46495-8, ISBN: 0-345-46495-8 "THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLEE SMITHAuthor of News of the SpiritTHE LAST GIRLSA Novel“Wise and insightful . . . The Last Girls deserves to be shared, pondered, and treasured.”–The Dallas Morning News“[A] GENIAL, THOUGHTFUL, FUNNY NOVEL, WRITTEN WITH THE WIT AND ASSURANCE OF A BORN STORYTELLER.”–The Hartford Courant“RICH AND DELICIOUS . . . THE STORY OF FOUR WOMEN . . .Years ago, they were girls, not women–the last generation of Americ ..." |
 | | The Impeachment Plot Revealing the Secrets, Lies, and Political Scheme to Unseat the President by Lee Smith Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2020 by Little, Brown & Company, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-5460-5955-4, ISBN: 1-5460-5955-5 |
 | | Guests on Earth(Reprint) A Novel by Lee Smith Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2014 by A Shannon Ravenel Book ISBN-13: 978-1-61620-380-1, ISBN: 1-61620-380-3 "“Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work.” --Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl It’s 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital, a mental institution in Asheville, North Carolina, known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under ..." |
 | | Oral History(Reprint) by Lee Smith Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2011 by Berkley Trade Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-425-24546-0, ISBN: 0-425-24546-2 ""The best novel so far by a writer whose growth has been steady and sure . . . . [Oral History] tells the story of the Cantrell family and the odd curse that its members believe to have hung over them. It is a tale that begins in the late 19th century with Granny Younger, the midwife, and continues well into the 20th century through several generations of Cantrells; it is also a tale deeply rooted in the folk culture of the Appalachians ..." |
 | | On Agate Hill(Reprint) A Novel by Lee Smith Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2007 by A Shannon Ravenel Book ISBN-13: 978-1-56512-577-3, ISBN: 1-56512-577-0 "A dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: diaries, letters, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and bones. It's through these treasured mementos that we meet Molly Petree. Raised in those ruins and orphaned by the Civil War, Molly is a refugee who has no interest in self-pity. When a mysterio ..." |
 | | The Plot Against the President The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History by Lee Smith Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2020 by Center Street ISBN-13: 978-1-5460-8503-4, ISBN: 1-5460-8503-3 "Investigative journalist Lee Smith uses his unprecedented access to Congressman Devin Nunes, former head of the House Intelligence Committee, to expose the deep state operation against the president--and the American people. Investigative journalist Lee Smith's The Plot Against the President tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russi ..." |
 | | The Plot Against the President The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History by Lee Smith Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2019 by Center Street ISBN-13: 978-1-5460-8502-7, ISBN: 1-5460-8502-5 "Investigative journalist Lee Smith uses his unprecedented access to Congressman Devin Nunes, former head of the House Intelligence Committee, to expose the deep state operation against the president--and the American people. Investigative journalist Lee Smith's The Plot Against the President tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russi ..." |
 | | News of the Spirit (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Lee Smith Paperback, 267 Pages, Published 1998 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-0-449-00226-1, ISBN: 0-449-00226-8 "A collection of stories about imagination, longing, despair, and loving in all its strange and shifting forms includes the tales of Jenny, whose parents move to Key West to cure their marriage, and Charlene, who makes up an imaginary brother. Reader's Guide included. Reissue." |
 | | Family Linen(Reprint) by Lee Smith Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1996 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-0-345-41060-3, ISBN: 0-345-41060-2 ""Brilliant, haunting, dark, joyous, remarkably compelling...immensely difficult to put down...a master storyteller."THE VILLAGE VOICEA childhood memory re-experienced, a funeral that brings about a family reunion, and the excavation of a swimming pool on the site of an old well, uncover family secrets and air the dirty linen in this behind-the-scenes look at life and family, memory and forgetfulness, anger and forgiveness in a small Sou ..." |
 | | Fair and Tender Ladies(Reprint) by Lee Smith, Lee Jerry Pournellesmith Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1989 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-0-345-36208-7, ISBN: 0-345-36208-X ""A tour de force."LOS ANGELES TIMESIvy Rowe may not have much education, but her thoughts are classic, and her experiences are fascinating. Born near the turn of the century in the Virginia Mountains, Ivy's story is told completely through letters she is forever writing, and that you will forever want to read...."Few readers will be dry-eyed as they watch this extraordinary woman disappear around that last bend in the road."CHICAGO TRIB ..." |
 | | Dimestore(1st Edition) A Writer's Life by Lee Smith Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2016 by Algonquin Books ISBN-13: 978-1-61620-502-7, ISBN: 1-61620-502-4 "For the inimitable Lee Smith, place is paramount. For forty-five years, her fiction has lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. But never before has she written her own story. Set deep in the mountains of Virginia, the Grundy of Lee Smith s youth was a place of coal miners, tent revivals, mountain music, drive-in theaters, and her daddy s dimestore. It was in that dimestore--listening to customers and in ..." |
 | | On Agate Hill(1st Edition) A Novel by Lee Smith Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2006 by A Shannon Ravenel Book Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-1-56512-452-3, ISBN: 1-56512-452-9 "A dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: diaries, letters, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and bones. It's through these treasured mementos that we meet Molly Petree. Raised in those ruins and orphaned by the Civil War, Molly is a refugee who has no interest in self-pity. When a mysteriou ..." |
 | | Oral History(83rd Edition) by Lee Smith Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1996 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-0-345-41028-3, ISBN: 0-345-41028-9 ""Delightful and entertaining."PEOPLEWhen Jennifer, a college student, returns to her childhood home of Hoot Owl Holler with a tape recorder, the tales of murder and suicide, incest and blood ties, bring to life a vibrant story of a doomed family that still refuses to give up...."Deft and assured....[Lee Smith] is nothing less than masterly."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWFrom the Paperback edition." |
 | | Saving Grace(95th Edition) by Lee Smith Paperback, 273 Pages, Published 1996 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-0-345-40333-9, ISBN: 0-345-40333-9 ""LUCID IN EXECUTION, BREATHTAKING IN SCOPE AND HEART-RENDING IN EFFECT--A REDEMPTIVE WORK OF ART. . . . Lee Smith has done more than write another novel about the South. She has broken through the grotesque surface to the underground spring, the music of Scrabble Creek, and the effect is stunning--a beguiling, gentle prose formed by an honesty so severe we are brought to our knees. . . . This novel has a grand and singular purpose, to c ..." |
 | | Cakewalk(Reprint) by Lee Smith Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1996 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-0-345-41042-9, ISBN: 0-345-41042-4 "In these dazzling stories, acclaimed author Lee Smith wants you to meet:Mrs. Joline B. Newhouse, who writes a "fortnightly" newspaper column called "Between the Lines."Georgia Rose, the girl whose life is more like a soap opera than the TV serial she's addicted to.Martha Rasnick, the young housewife in "Dear Phil Donahue" who writes all her troubles to the TV personality.Florrie, the cake lady in "Cakewalk" who causes her prissy sister ..." |
 | | Devil's Dream(Reprint) by Lee Smith Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1993 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-0-345-38291-7, ISBN: 0-345-38291-9 ""She writes lyric, luminous prose; her craft is so strong it becomes transparent, and, like the best of storytellers, she knows how to get out of the way so that the story can tell itself."SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEMoses Bailey, a preacher's son, forbade his fiddle-loving wife Kate Malone to play. But while he was gone on his travels, looking for God, Kate couldn't help herself, and began fiddling for her three children. For the love of mu ..." |
 | | The Plot Against the President The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History by Lee Smith 304 Pages, Published 2019 by Center Street ISBN-13: 978-1-5460-8501-0, ISBN: 1-5460-8501-7 "Nunes offered him the communications director's job after he'd edited the congressman's book, Restoring the Republic: A Clear, Concise, and Colorful Blueprint for America's Future. “It was a great experience,” says Langer, a slender man with ..." |
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