On the balconies of New Orleans, women sit through the summer nights and tell each other stories. Grace King gathers them here: the proud Grande Demoiselle ruined by the war, Mimi’s marriage, the miracle chapel, the twin sisters Anne Marie and Jeanne Marie, and other sketches of loss, pride and endurance among Creole and Louisiana women.
Delicate local-colour fiction from a leading Southern writer; its view of slavery and its aftermath is that of 1893. Download the free EPUB.