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In gail godwins luminous new novel, flora, the bestselling author has once again breathed life into a child heroine, weaving a narrative that is both plaintive and charming, and above all, almost eerily authentic in capturing the linguistic patois and emotional nuances of youth during the final months of world war ii. Flora is akin to two of godwins earlier novels, the finishing school, 1984, and father melancholys daughter, 1991, in showing a woman looking back on a pivotal phase of her girlhood, and at her mentors of that time. Ann patchett a classic southern tale galvanic with decorous yet stabbing sarcasm and jolting tragedy. Gail godwin is currently considered a single author. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Jul 27, 2019 on this day in 1937, gail godwin is born in birmingham, alabama. Flora ebook by gail godwin 9781408840887 rakuten kobo. Join facebook to connect with gail godwinsmith and others you may know. Gail godwin born june 18, 1937 is an american novelist and short story writer. It was the summer helen anstruthers grandmother died, her father was called to work on a topsecret job during world war ii, and a small outbreak of polio has her captive in the house with flora. In her eagerness to cut flora down she becomes something of a.
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