Missing limbs

Derek C. Maus dmaus at email.unc.edu
Tue Aug 17 22:26:33 CDT 1999


On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 Dictel at aol.com wrote:

> Oohh, what's that Flannery O' Connor story about the woman with the one leg 
> whose prosthetic is stolen by the salesman in the barn? 

"Good Country People." Importantly, O'Connor herself also had health
problems that resulted in an ever-deteriorating condition in her own legs.

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