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"About 15 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 600 performances
all over the country, Ivy is leading a long and vital life of her own.
No writer has ever been better served by a production of her work."
-Lee
Smith, author, "Fair and Tender Ladies"
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