Why I Live at the P.O. | Style
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Sister narrates the story of her estrangement from her family from her new "home" at the China Grove post office, the second smallest post office in the state of Mississippi and the point of connection between the provincial community and a distant outside world. The events that make up the main part of the plot all take place in the family home where Sister has lived all her life with her mother, uncle, and grandfather. Her sister, Stella-Rondo, has gotten away from the insular world of China Grove by marrying and going to Illinois. But Sister’s only point of...
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