Losing Battles
Three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants gather at her Mississippi home to celebrate her 90th birthday. Possessed of the true storyteller's gift, the members of this clan cannot resist the temptation to swap tales.
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- Vintage Books
- Year
- 1970
- ISBN-13
- 9780679728825
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Family reunionSouthern lifeStorytelling and oral tradition
Awards
- National Book Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1971)
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