Rites of Compassion: Old Mrs. Harris and a Simple Heart
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Personally selected by award-winning writer Mary Gordon, these two stories by Willa Cather and Gustave Flaubert render a flawless portrait of characters who unquestioningly offer their compassionate service to those that take them for granted. Old Mrs. Harris is the staunch matriarch of a busy house (the look of which Cather based on her own childhood home), brimming with her spendthrift son-in-law, her displaced Southern debutante daughter,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1558615628
ISBN13:9781558615625
Release Date:November 2007
Publisher:Feminist Press
Length:152 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 7.1"
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