Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
All the ladies who are "anybody" in Chinquapin, Louisiana come to Truvy's beauty salon to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoo and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy."Filled with hilarious repartee and several acerbic verbal collisions, the comedy moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby risks her life to go through with a dangerous pregnancy. Confronted with the harshness of mortality, the others draw together to find strength - and love - in the wake of tragedy.After WWII, Robert Harling spent twenty-eight years as the editor of Home & Garden magazine and over forty years as the famed typographic adviser of the Sunday Times. Harling wrote eighteen works in total, both fiction and nonfiction. In 2008, he passed away.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822210788 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822210789 |
| Title | Steel Magnolias |
| Author | Robert Harling |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dramatists Play Service |
| Year published | 1988-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 82 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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