First published 2000
By chance, a trove of short stories, fairy tales, and more penned by a young Margaret Mitchell is uncovered. Thought lost forever, these intimate writings from ages 8 to 17 offer a rare glimpse into the mind of the Gone With the Wind author. This rediscovered cache reveals Mitchell's prodigious talent and vivid imagination even in her youth, hinting at the literary greatness to come. A moving portrait of a precocious writer finding her voice.
Genres: short-stories, literary-fiction, 20th-century, biographical-fiction
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
240 pages · Paperback · University of South Carolina Press