Matron of HonorAs Apple Mason prepares for her wedding, her sister Cory returns home unexpectedly, leaving a loveless marriage behind. Her arrival agitates their already flustered mother, and the wedding day plans become impossibly disrupted. Marriage, southern style in the 1970s, is the subject of Sallie Bingham's provocative new novel, which challenges the patriarchal traditions of the southern elite as two sisters struggle to control their lives. |
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