On Agate Hill (57 page)
Authors: Lee Smith
Tags: #Fiction, #Historical, #Literary, #Gardening, #Techniques, #Reference, #Vegetables
L
EE SMITH
is the author of twelve novels as well as three collections of stories. Her previous novel,
The Last Girls
, was a
New York Times
bestseller as well as a co-winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. The recipient of an Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999, Smith lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Visit her Web site at
www.leesmith.com
.
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,
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and
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, Alvarez captures the worlds of two women living two centuries apart but with surprisingly parallel fates.
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“Engrossing, expertly paced.” —
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,
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,
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“Wholly engaging, the perfect spark for launching a rich conversation around your own table.” —
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“A compassionately and deftly told story.”
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