Overview
“I love this book! It's a great, great read and not hard at all.” ??—?? Oprah Winfrey
In a Georgia mill town during the 1930s, an enigmatic deaf-mute, John Singer, draws out the haunted confessions of an itinerant worker, a doctor, a widowed café owner, and a young girl. Each yearns for escape from small town life, but the young girl, Mick Kelly, the book's heroine (loosely based on McCullers), finds solace in her music.
Wonderfully attuned to the spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition, and with a deft sense for racial tensions in the South, McCullers spins a haunting, unforgettable story that gives voice to the rejected, the forgotten, and the mistreated??—??and, through Mick, gives voice to the quiet, intensely personal search for beauty.
Featured in Oprah's Book Club 2004
This book title, Empress Orchid, ISBN: 9780618562039, by Anchee Min, published by HarperCollins (April 11, 2005) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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