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The Fierce Dispute
The Fierce Dispute
Author: Helen Hooven Santmyer
Small-town America, ghosts, domesticity, and New World-Old World tensions -- these combine in Helen Hooven Santmyer's second novel, The Fierce Dispute (1929), which feature a fiercely disputatious southern Ohio matriarch and her adult daughter locked in battle for the very soul of a child, Lucy Anne, from whose viewpoint much of the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312910280
ISBN-10: 0312910282
Publication Date: 10/1988
Pages: 292
Edition: Reprint
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3.3 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: St Martins
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Helen Hooven Santmyer, author of And Ladies of the Club, is one of my favorite authors. Although, "The Fierce Dispute" is not one of my favorites. The characters are beautifully written and are easy to visualize. However, the end of the book left me wanting more. The plot is good, but it is just not as endearing as some of the author's other novels.
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Helen Hooven Santmyer is one of my favorite authors. Although, "The Fierce Dispute" is not one of my favorites. The characters are beautifully written and are easy to visualize. However, the end of the book left me dissatisfied and wanting more. The plot is good, but it is just not as endearing as some of the author's other novels.


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