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Set in 1900, this is the story of a woman in Kentucky who gives birth to quintuplets - the first recorded case. She becomes a national celebrity and her farm is invaded by visitors and reporters. When the babies die, she is persuaded to place them in a glass case and to set off on a "lecture tour".
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Review:
"Possesses both gravity and grace; it has the power to move us with its simple, heartfelt depiction of ordinary, inarticulate people and their efforts to cope with the unexpected.""--New York Times"
About the Author:
Bobbie Ann Mason has won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her books include In Country and Feather Crowns. She lives in her native Kentucky.
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- PublisherTandem Library
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 141770201X
- ISBN 13 9781417702015
- BindingHardcover
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