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    Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger
    Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger
    Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger
    Audiobook12 hours

    Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger

    Written by Lee Smith

    Narrated by Debra Monk, Julia Gibson, Kate Forbes and

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    About this audiobook

    Virginia native Lee Smith has won two O. Henry Awards, the Southern Book Critics Circle Award, and the Robert Penn Warren Prize for her engaging works. A collection of 14 tales-both new stories and previously published favorites-Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger is sure to delight listeners with its warm humor and unforgettable characters. "Each tale is beautifully honed ." -Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 11, 2012
    ISBN9781464038709
    Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger
    Author

    Lee Smith

    Lee Smith is the best-selling author of over a dozen books, including Dimestore: A Writer's Life and Guests on Earth. She lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

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    • 4/5
      Each short story was masterfully told with the characters leaping off the pages and into the readers mind. All stories centered on women: some teenagers, some seniors, some widowed, divorced, or mothers. All of them overcame some adversity or weathered some storm and got to a place where they could take it in stride and start the next chapter of their lives. Some are meek, some are vivacious, some are spunky; all are courageous in their own way. Each story was unique, wonderful, and hard to put down. A wonderful short story collection that I will definitely return to again!
    • 4/5
      Satisfying collection of short stories by an author of Appalachian life I have enjoyed for many years.
    • 3/5
      short stories set in the dysfunctional south
    • 3/5
      Forever after, when I should happen to think about Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, I’ll think of blue eyes, beaches and gin and tonics, pleasant summer evenings, and romance. But, I will also remember adultery and sadness, suicide and loss, abandonment and loneliness, and loss of youth. The thread stringing together these stories was life-changing moments when a character was inspired to choose one direction or another; to accept or not accept; to blossom or to fade away. The characters were so real to me and their choices so important that I continued reading whether I liked the story or not. I needed to know what became of these people. That is how well they were drawn. In truth, these stories had a lot of gray. Each character was flawed in some way. Maybe she drank too much, maybe he was unfaithful, maybe she was bitter, maybe he was socially awkward, but most characters felt like a neighbor or a friend. I wanted to forgive them and let them enjoy their gin and tonics on the beach. So I did; not because they deserved it, but because they trusted me with their secrets.
    • 4/5
      Good collection.
    • 4/5
      Class Smith stories - southern hicks and society ladies who are smarter than you think. enjoyable look into lives of believably exotic characters.