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Type: fiction

Status: —

Author: Allan Gurganus

Description: Nursing home resident, Lucy Marsden tells a young historian about her life in Falls, NC. HerNursing home resident, Lucy Marsden tells a young historian about her life in Falls, NC. Her recollections span from her wedding at 15 to a Civil War veteran of the Confederate States many decades her senior, to her mothering of 9 children who all die before her, to her friendship with a former African princess and slave. She recounts her tale from her wheelchair at the age of 99. ...

2006-12-28