The grandmother didn't want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some…

Flannery O'Connor
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The grandmother didn't want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey's mind. Bailey was the son she liver with, her only boy. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1993). A Good Man is Hard to Find, p.31, Rutgers University Press
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