Miss Ophelia
first published 1997 G.K. Hall, 1998
Set in rural Virginia in 1948, Miss Ophelia is a novel that explores the issues of abortion, adultery, and skin color through the reminiscences of Isabel (Belly) Anderson in the autumn of her life. A strong-willed and free-spirited eleven-year-old in the last summer of her childhood, Belly reluctantly leaves her home in rural Pharaoh and goes to Jamison to help her strict Aunt Rachel recover from surgery. Belly has...
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