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Barbara Bates Smith - Reviews |
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" Over 20 years ago, when Barbara first approached me about creating a one-woman play from my novel, "Fair and Tender Ladies," I told her she was crazy. After all, this novel is all about writing; it's told in the form of letters. But it's impossible to say "no" to Barbara, who is even gutsier than her main character, Ivy Rowe. I finally gave in. The result has been one of the great joys of my life. Barbara IS Ivy Rowe! Ivy didn't die when I published the book. From Tampa to Grundy High School in my own hometown (it had to be in Grundy, I said, before it went to New York) to an off-Broadway run and almost 700 performances all over the country and in Edinburgh, Ivy is leading a long and vital life of her own. No writer has ever been better served by a production of her work." |
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-Lee Smith, author, "Fair and Tender Ladies" |
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Barbara Bates Smith, 670 Runaway Ridge, Clyde, NC 28721 |
