FEMININE PLURAL: Stories About Women Growing Up
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The most singular thing about these ten more or less troubled awakenings is their similarity -- from Katherine Anne Porter's ""Virgin Violeta"" and Carson McCullers' ""Wunderkind"" to Kay Boyle's ""Your Body is a Jewel Box"" and Flannery O'Connor's ""A Temple of the Holy Ghost."" A real find for the young woman aware enough to appreciate the cumulative insights.