Dimestore: A Writer's Life

ÒA memoir that shines with a bright spirit, a generousÊheart and an entertaining knack for celebrating absurdity.ÓnThe New York Times Book Review ÒThis is Smith at her finest.ÓnLibrary Journal, starred review Set deep in the mountains of Virginia, the Grundy of Lee SmithÕs youth was a place of coal miners, tent revivals, mountain music, drive-in theaters, and her daddyÕs dimestore. When she was sent off to college to gain some Òculture,Ó she understood that perhaps the richest culture she would ever know was the one she was leaving. Lee SmithÕs fiction has always lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. But never before has she written her own story.Ê DimestoreÕs fifteen essays are crushingly honest, wise and perceptive, and superbly entertaining. Together, they create an inspiring story of the birth of a writer and a poignant look at a way of life that has all but vanished.

• | Author: Lee Smith
• | Publisher: Algonquin Books
• | Publication Date: Apr 04, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 1616206462
• | ISBN-13: 9781616206468