It also features a story where Mr. Shiflet is cajoled into marrying Lucynell, only to dump her at a roadside diner, and a title story where a grandmother's erroneous memory of a mansion during a road trip gets her family murdered.
In one story in this collection, Mr. Jerger celebrates the birthday of Ponce de Leon while Rufus returns from the military and his sister Ruby realizes she's pregnant; another sees the 104-year-old General Sash reminisce about the Civil War during his granddaughter's graduation. In its closing novella, Mrs. McIntyre vacillates between wanting to keep either Mr. Shortley or Mr. Guizac on her farm, which contains an omnipresent (*) peacock. It also features a story where Mr. Shiflet is cajoled into marrying Lucynell, only to dump her at a roadside diner, and a title story where a grandmother's erroneous memory of a mansion during a road trip gets her family murdered. For 10 points, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" and "Good Country People" are part of what collection featuring a story about the Misfit by Flannery O'Connor?
In one story in this collection, Mr. Jerger celebrates the birthday of Ponce de Leon while Rufus returns from the military and his sister Ruby realizes she's pregnant; another sees the 104-year-old General Sash reminisce about the Civil War during his granddaughter's graduation.
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