Snowdie has to bring up her twin boys alone after her husband, King Maclain, disappears one day, discarding his hat on the banks of the Big Black. Loch Morrison, convalescing with malaria, watches from his bedroom window as wayward Virgie Rainey meets a sailor in the vacant house opposite.Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Eudora WeltyNumber of pages: 304Collection: Penguin Modern ClassicsPublication date: 2011Dimensions: 199 x 370 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softback