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A Novel Concerning Life, Death, Sex and Recipes in Limoges, Louisiana
Harper
May 1995
On Sale: May 10, 1995
400 pages ISBN: 0060926201 EAN: 9780060926205 Paperback
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The two main occupations in Limoges, Louisiana (population:
905), seem to be spreading juicy gossip and consoling the
unfortunate with casseroles. And in this early spring of
1952, there is ample opportunity for both—with
sixteen-year-old and pregnant (by the Baptist minister)
Olive Nepper, currently languishing in a coma after drinking
pop laced with rose poison. But the plight of Olive and her
family is hardly the only story spicing up the rumor mill in
this small Southern community of unpredictable eccentrics,
wandering husbands, and unsatisfied wives—and few local
sins will be put right by home cooking. From
Michael Lee West comes a beautifully rendered portrait of
small-town Southern life, filled with humanity that
brilliantly weaves comedy with dark calamity.
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