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I love Ellen Gilchrist. I can't even explain why. Her characters are so flawed and I don't think I'd ever want to have a conversation with any of them. Well, not from this book anyway. I get completely invested though.

I haven't read much this week because we've had house guests. Today I took them for a day trip to New Orleans, so naturally I stopped by Faulkner House. I found a signed Ellen Gilchrist novel that I don't already own! 💙

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This is a little tribute to Ellen Gilchrist, a writer of so many great short stories and novels that I read in my 20s. Many of them (novels and stories) revolve around different generations of the Hand family. They‘re a privileged Southern bunch but have their own issues - alcoholism, marriage problems etc. That world was so foreign to me, I found it totally escapist reading. Must reread & see if the magic is still there!