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In her first work of nonfiction, Lee Smith deploys the wit, wisdom, and graceful prose for which she is beloved to conjure her early days in the small coal town of Grundy, Virginia - and beyond.
For the inimitable Lee Smith, place is paramount. For 45 years, her fiction has lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. But never before has she written her own story. Set deep in the rugged Appalachian Mountains, the Grundy of Lee Smith's youth was a place of coal miners, mountain music, and her daddy's dimestore. It was in that dimestore - listening to customers and inventing life histories for the store's dolls - that she began to learn the craft of storytelling. Even though she adored Grundy, Smith's formal education and travels took her far from Virginia, though her Appalachian upbringing never left her.
Dimestore's 15 essays are crushingly honest, always wise, and superbly entertaining. Smith has created both a moving, personal portrait and a broader meditation on embracing one's heritage. Hers is an inspiring story of the birth of a writer and a poignant look at a way of life that has all but vanished.
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Author of many novels and short stories, best-selling writer Lee Smith has received numerous awards for her works, including two O. Henry Awards. Fair and Tender Ladies is an epistolary novel that traces the life of Ivy Rowe, born in the isolated Virginia mountain community of Sugar Fork.
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Fair and Tender Ladies
- De Deanna en 10-16-04
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Guests on Earth
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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When she is thirteen years old, Evalina Toussaint, the orphaned child of an exotic dancer in New Orleans, is admitted as a mental patient to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. The year is 1936, and the hospital, under the direction of celebrity psychiatrist Robert S. Carroll, is famous for its up-to-the-minute shock therapies and for Dr. Carroll's revolutionary theory of the benefits of non-introspection. Evalina finds herself in the midst of a kaleidoscope of characters, including the estranged wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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A book I will long remember
- De wobbly en 08-12-14
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Saving Grace
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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Having justly earned her reputation as a master storyteller, Lee Smith's name evokes images of authentic country folk struggling through life's arduous tests. Saving Grace adds a stunning spiritual dimension. The daughter of a preacher who ignores his destitute family, Florida Grace doesn't think much of Jesus. He's the reason she's lived in squalor and He wasn't there for her through her failed marriage. But in one shining moment He calls out to her and she returns to her roots to heed His call.
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Not (just) for Christians
- De Barbara en 12-04-10
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Oral History
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Full Cast
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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Oral History, the lyrical saga of a Virginia mountain family, follows four generations of Cantrells over more than a century. Researching an assignment for an Oral History course, Jennifer drives to the town where her mother and father grew up. Raised by a stepmother, the young college student wonders why her father never talks of her real mother and is intrigued by the mystery of her heritage. One by one, the Cantrells tell of lives filled with vitality, colored by the land and family history.
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What a treat!
- De Linda en 02-17-12
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The Last Girls
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Lee Smith
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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On a bright June day in 1965, a dozen girls - classmates at a Blue Ridge women's college - launch a ramshackle raft on a trip down the Mississippi. Their journey, inspired by Huckleberry Finn, is duly reported in the Paducah, Kentucky newspaper. 35 years later, four of the "girls" reunite to cruise the river again. This time, it's on the luxury steamboat The Belle of Natchez. This time, when they reach New Orleans, they'll give the River the ashes of a fifth rafter: Margaret ("Baby") Ballou.
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Ear candy book
- De Carmela en 10-01-03
De: Lee Smith
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On Agate Hill
- A Novel
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Kate Forbes, Danielle Ferland, Katie Firth
- Duración: 13 h y 55 m
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Orphaned when her father dies in the Civil War, Molly Petree is taken in by Uncle Junius on his Agate Hill plantation. But the terminally ill Junius is manipulated into marriage by his housekeeper, Selena, who inherits Agate Hill upon his death. Neglected and abused under Selena's watch, Molly escapes to a better life with help from her father's closest battlefield companion. But as she grows into a refined, educated woman, Molly remains haunted by tragedy.
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Wonderful book and narration
- De Anna en 10-07-09
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Silver Alert
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Caitlin Davies
- Duración: 5 h y 29 m
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Aging Herb’s charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a sense of contentment. But then Herb and Susan’s adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee’s gig with Susan—and her grand plans for her own life—start to unravel as well.
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Great storytelling!
- De Pamela Martin en 04-27-23
De: Lee Smith
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The Devil's Dream
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens, Tom Stechschulte, Sally Darling
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, The Devil's Dream is an animated, lyrical novel that is meant to be savored as spoken word. Consummate storyteller Lee Smith's creation will delight anyone who enjoys the sound of language and a good story.
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Several generations of a family
- De Kindle Customer en 01-10-05
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The Last Girls
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
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This national best seller is a breakthrough book for Lee Smith, an author who fills her marvelous novels with humor, pathos, and powerful wisdom. The Last Girls are a group of coeds, inspired by Huck Finn, who traveled the Mississippi on a raft in 1965. Now four of them have reunited on a luxurious steamboat to cruise the river again. As they look back over the past 30 years, each one contemplates their shared past in light of their present lives.
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Not my favorite of her books.
- De tracy smith en 06-11-18
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Family Linen
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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Lee Smith is one of today's most critically acclaimed authors writing about contemporary life in the South. In Family Linen, with a remarkable economy of description and dialogue, Smith sketches eccentric, yet familiar characters moving through a family drama that resonates with both tension and humor.
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Cakewalk
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens, Tom Stechschulte
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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Lee Smith, one of today's finest writers in the Southern literary tradition, has been compared to Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. This collection of nine stories, ranging from poignant ballads to delightfully inventive forms, showcases Smith's celebrated talent. The stories will make you chuckle and leave you with a satisfying sense that no matter how unruly or warped life may seem, equilibrium can be found after all.
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Funny and real life southern ladies of the50’s
- De Benjie en 05-06-24
De: Lee Smith
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Fancy Strut
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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Lee Smith, author of the acclaimed The Last Girls, delights with a tale of dry wit. Smith has won many prizes, including the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Academy Award in Literature.
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Entertaining and fun!
- De Emily Moss en 12-12-06
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The Plot Against the President
- The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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Investigative journalist Lee Smith's The Plot Against the President tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russia subverted democratic processes during the 2016 elections, the real damage was done not by Moscow or any other foreign actor. Rather, this was a slow-moving coup engineered by a coterie of the American elite, the "deep state," targeting not only the president, but also the rest of the country.
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Nunes is a national treasure.
- De Chip Atkinson en 01-30-20
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The Christmas Letters
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Cynthia Darlow, Julia Gibson, Christina Moore
- Duración: 3 h y 6 m
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Lee Smith delivers the heartwarming tale of three generations of women who record their lives in Christmas letters to the family.
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classic Lee Smith
- De Tom Goodman en 11-29-17
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Fiction Land
- De: RR Haywood
- Narrado por: Gethin Anthony
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
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A delivery driver finds himself inside a world occupied by characters from unfinished novels and must accept he is not real. But the world around him doesn’t feel right, and when he starts asking questions, the authorities soon take extreme measures to stop him finding the truth about Fiction Land.
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Utter nonsense
- De Anonymous User en 11-28-23
De: RR Haywood
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Blood on Their Hands
- Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
- De: Mandy Matney
- Narrado por: Mandy Matney
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local South Carolina journalist Mandy Matney had an instinct that something wasn’t right in the Lowcountry. The powerful Murdaugh dynasty had dominated rural South Carolina for generations. No one dared to cross them.
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Disappointed and Very frustrating
- De Annie en 11-21-23
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The Ascent
- De: Adam Plantinga
- Narrado por: Charles Halford, Christine Lakin
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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Kurt Argento, an ex-Detroit street cop who can’t let injustice go—and who has the fighting skills to back up his idealism. If he sees a young girl being dragged into an alley, he's going to rescue her and cause some damage. When he does just that in a small corrupt Missouri town, he’s brutally beaten and thrown into a maximum-security prison. Julie Wakefield, a grad student who happens to be the governor's daughter, is about to take a tour of the prison. But when a malfunction in the security system releases a horde of prisoners, a fierce struggle for survival ensues.
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Engaging but too violent for me
- De Asly Petris en 02-25-24
De: Adam Plantinga
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Hemlock
- De: Kiersten Modglin
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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Thirteen years ago, Maggie Ellis left her small town and vowed to never return. In her rearview mirror were two men she loved and an ominous secret that would forever haunt her. Now, tragedy has brought her back, and she’s determined to forget that fateful night. But in a town like Myers, with familiar faces and chilling memories lurking around every corner, moving on is easier said than done. Before the ink can dry on the closing documents for her new residence, Maggie begins to feel unsettled. In every room, there’s the unmistakable sensation she’s being watched.
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If whining is an issue, avoid
- De Barbara S en 12-22-23
De: Kiersten Modglin
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- Debbie
- 03-30-16
Much loved by a long time reader
I didn't realize this wasn't another novel when I saw it pop up. What a pleasant surprise to hear the life story of one of my favorite authors. Hearing about the places and experiences that inspired her wonderful books was a treat. I laughed and cried all weekend listening.
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- Anna
- 07-28-16
Great Memoir, Disappointing Narrator
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This was a really lovely memoir, but I so, so wish that it had been read by Lee Smith herself. This narrator does not capture the warm southern accent that Smith has, and instead it feels forced and unappealing. Also, it grated on my every nerve that she pronounced Appalachian "appa-lay-shun." It seems like a huge oversight that the narrator of an Appalachian memoir wouldn't pronounce it "appa-latch-un," as is fairly universally considered the correct pronunciation, not to mention how Smith herself pronounces it. I'd say read this one but skip the audiobook!
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- Tricia
- 03-26-16
Pronunciation matters!
I wish I had read this book in form rather than listening on Audible. The way the reader pronounces 'Appalachia' ruined it for me. It is clear the reader is not from the area she reads about...but this should have been caught by the author and editors. It is a sign of respect to pronounce a word as local tradition pronounces it. If you are from Southern Appalachia you will know what I mean. Pronunciation matters...ask Sharyn McCrumb who explains it well.
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- Janet
- 06-18-18
Did not like the narrator.
Though Lee Smith has reached her seventies, she has a wonderful gentile Southern accent that sounds much younger. The narrator sounded like an old lady from New York.
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- Beverly Porter
- 07-05-16
Enjoyed
Loved it but wish reader had been Lee or a Southerner to be more realistic.
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- Wrightfive
- 11-14-17
Inside the writer’s life
If you’ve loved Lee Smith’s writing as I have, then you’ll truly enjoy reading these stories / essays about her life growing up in Grundy, VA, and in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, North Carolina.
An only child, her father suffered bouts of depression, and her mother was “kindly nervous”, and both were hospitalized numerous times and then she would be taken in by other relatives. During that era, hospitalization for mental illness / depression was difficult and not talked about. But Ms. Smith shares openly. It’s heartbreakingly sweet. The stories about her father’s business, the Dimestore, reminded me of my youth. Be sure and go to her personal website for photos of the Dimestore and Grundy. The stories devoted to her youth and family made me feel like I was porch sittin’ right there with her.
Ms. Smith also shared stories about her marriages, and about her son’s battle with schizophrenia, and his death at age 33. After a year of grieving, a doctor told her he could fix this, and wrote her a prescription: “Write two hours every day”. Thank goodness, because we then got to read On Agate Hill. There were many insights into her other books as well. I think I’ll go back and re-read Fair and Tender Ladies, my favorite Lee Smith book, and see how it feels now that I’ve read Dimestore.
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- M. Gilmer
- 06-02-16
Sourthern Story Read by Northener
Where does Dimestore rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
near the top, as a book
What was one of the most memorable moments of Dimestore?
Chapter about son's illness and death
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
yes
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
not necessarily
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Lee Smith's story is that of a Southern Mountain girl. It should NEVER have been performed by someone with a Northern accent. Worst of all, she pronounced the key word "Appalachian" the way nobody in the mountains EVER does. She said "Appa lay chian" at least 200 times, which totally wrecks the mood and gist of the story. The reader gave it her all, but she continually spoke in the wrong voice for this book. I'm sure Lee Smith would be shocked to hear her personal story told in this voice. I was.
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- paintcan
- 04-09-16
After hearing Appalachia pronounced .............
What made the experience of listening to Dimestore the most enjoyable?
...with a long A's four times consecutively I decided it was ignorance and not simple mispronunciation.Honestly Audible - this may be your single biggest production screw up ever. Do you have anybody editing ? Did Lee Smith hear this mistake before it was released ?
What did you like best about this story?
Lee Smith's writing.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Little respect for the material - see above.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, but I can't now.Probably will return it.
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- AppyArts
- 10-30-18
Narrator is definitely NOT from Southwest Virginia
I am a huge fan of Lee Smith, but this narration leaves a lot to be desired. It is very apparent that the narrator is not from Appalachia. If she were, she would know that we who live here are offended when it is called Appa-LAY-cha. It is correctly pronounced APPLE AT YA and that's exactly what I wanted to throw at this narrator. I could hardly get through it because of this mispronunciation and am surprised that Ms. Smith did not object. The story was ruined for me as I am sure it will be/was for others. It is like having Gomer Pyle read Shakespeare.
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- Patricia Jansen
- 10-07-17
Interesting autobiography
Terrible narrator. Cannot even pronounce Appalachia correctly. Bad singing voice.
Story was good. Worth listening.
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