The roots of lostness -- Thomas Wolfe and the legacy of The lost boy -- Storytelling as refuge: Fred Chappell's I am one of you forever -- Memory and obsession in Appalachia: Mark Powell's prodigals -- Survival in the New South: Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons -- Crossing racial boundaries: Sue Monk Kidd's The secret life of bees -- Lost generations and war: In country by Bobbie Ann Mason -- Narrative and war: Robert Olmstead's Coal black horse -- Finding self among the ruins: On Agate Hill by Lee Smith.
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