Cakewalk by Lee Smith - Vintage 1991 Softcover, VG Condition, Short Stories

Very good condition, softcover. Originally published & copyrighted in 1970 by Ballantine Books, 6th edition printed 1991. 228 pages. ISBN 0345339509. Collection of short stories by the critically acclaimed Lee Smith. Discoloration on front and back cover, but spine is tight, as if never read. Tanning around page edges. Meet… Mrs. Jolene B. Newhouse, who writes a “fortnightly” newspaper column called “Between the Lines.” Georgia Rose, the girl whose life is more like a soap opera than the TV serial she’s addicted to. Martha Rasnick, the young housewife in “Dear Phil Donahue” who writes all her troubles to the TV personality “because you talked to me, Phil, all those mornings.” Florrie, the cake lady in “Cakewalk” who causes her prissy sister no end of embarrassment by “wearing running shoes, at her age, and wooly white athletic socks that fall in crinkles down around her ankles.” LeeSmith Cakewalk VintageBook 1991Edition ShortStories BallentineBooks Softcover CriticallyAcclaimed LiteraryCollection MrsJoleneBNewhouse GeorgiaRose MarthaRasnick FlorrieCakeLady GoodCondition 6thEdition