The South: A Novel Maggie O'Farrell she uses an inventive hybrid

she uses an inventive hybrid narrative

complicated family dynamics

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The South: A Novel Maggie O'Farrell she uses an inventive hybridA radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summerabout family, desire, and what we inherit. When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property theyve inherited, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought. Jays father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left. Over the course of