Books by Mississippi Writers 1996-2010
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Creation Date
1-1-1998
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A play by Beth Henley Dramatists Play Service (Paperback, $5.95, ISBN: 0822202506, 1/1998) Drama in three acts by Beth Henley, produced in 1979 and published in 1982. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1981. Set in a small Mississippi town, the play examines the lives of three quirky sisters who have gathered at the home of the youngest. During the course of the work the sisters unearth grudges, criticize each other, reminisce about their family life, and attempt to understand their mother's suicide years earlier. (--Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature)
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