
Lee Smith, Dime Store
Season 18 Episode 1807 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Lee Smith's new book, Dime Store, is a collection of memoirs from her childhood.
Author Lee Smith's latest book is a collection of short works that combine to tell the story of her own history growing up in Virginia where her father ran a dime store. It was in that little shop, listening to the customers & inventing histories for the dolls on sale in the store, that Ms. Smith began to learn the craft of storytelling.
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Lee Smith, Dime Store
Season 18 Episode 1807 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Author Lee Smith's latest book is a collection of short works that combine to tell the story of her own history growing up in Virginia where her father ran a dime store. It was in that little shop, listening to the customers & inventing histories for the dolls on sale in the store, that Ms. Smith began to learn the craft of storytelling.
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