World and I, April 1st, 2002
The Cherry Pit (Random House, 1965): Clifford Stone, an assistant curator for the Cabot Antiquities Foundation in Boston, returns home to Little Rock, Arkansas, to rediscover his past. A contemporary novel not set in Stay More, it nevertheless establishes Harington's use of the Arkansas locale and anticipates the novels to come.
Lightning Bug (Delacorte, 1970): Intended as a "swan song to the Ozarks," it is instead the beginning of the Stay More series. Introduces Latha Bourne, the postmistress of the hamlet, who will become Harington's romantic ideal. Also introduces Dawny, the first examp...
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