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The Melting of a Garden Dream in Hillsboro
A fragmented 1912 diary-style scene unfolds in Hillsboro showing a young narrator undergoing a brutal, comic melt as appetites rage and social tensions rise. A kitchen table of meals, garden mishaps, and a courtship pageant blend with Aunt Adelise and Judge Wade watching over Molly and Billy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inge Kontos
Mier
Jodee Wade
Lonn
Charles Weste
Mamie
Curt
Fin
Billy
Wade
Serle
Tiilish
Judes
Molly
Dr. John's
Judge Wade
John Moore
Mr. Carter
Aunt Adelise
Mary
Confort
Adelise
Adeline
Alteben
Alfred
Rome
Vatican
Seven Hills
Father Tiber
Tiber
Hillsboro
Tenn
Wien
Jug
Bis
Melly
Bim
Ike
Aunt Adeline
L Aga
Dorothy Perkins