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.
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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.
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
.