Her mother was able to draw on the emotional support of an extended family dominated by a matriarch, a wealthy cousin named Katie Semmes
.
Gooch, Brad. Flannery. Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
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Reception
Flannery O'Connor
Robert Giroux
was shocked and disappointed by the stupidity . . . the lack of perception, or even the lack of having an open mind among the (few) reviews.
Gooch, Brad. Flannery. Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
FOC
made her only journey outside the USA: a pilgrimage to Lourdes with her mother
, made at the suggestion and the expense of her cousin Katie Semmes
.
Gooch, Brad. Flannery. Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
