Bless Me, Ultima
1972 · 277 pages
Ultima, a folk healer, joins Antonio's family in wartime New Mexico, and the boy is pulled between his mother's church and his father's plains. Schools have taught it and banned it ever since.
★ 6.0
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A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories
1955 · 276 pages
On a Georgia back road a grandmother who talked her family into a detour meets an escaped killer. O'Connor's stories stay funny until the violence arrives, which is how grace arrives too.
★ 7.8