On the first Sunday of August, three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants gather at her home in Banner, Mississippi, to celebrate her ninetieth birthday. Many members of the family are great storytellers and when they get together, the temptation is irresistible--a device that enables Welty to take the reader back into the lost battles of the past, capturing different tones of voice and ways of thinking.
One of America's most admired authors, Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1909. She was educated locally and at Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. She is the author of, among many other books, One Writer's Beginnings, The Robber Bridegroom, Delta Wedding, The Ponder Heart, Losing Battles, and The Optimist's Daughter, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. She died in 2001. View titles by Eudora Welty

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On the first Sunday of August, three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants gather at her home in Banner, Mississippi, to celebrate her ninetieth birthday. Many members of the family are great storytellers and when they get together, the temptation is irresistible--a device that enables Welty to take the reader back into the lost battles of the past, capturing different tones of voice and ways of thinking.

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One of America's most admired authors, Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1909. She was educated locally and at Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. She is the author of, among many other books, One Writer's Beginnings, The Robber Bridegroom, Delta Wedding, The Ponder Heart, Losing Battles, and The Optimist's Daughter, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. She died in 2001. View titles by Eudora Welty

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