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Madame Lowery was the first French person we had ever known, though she wasn’t from France. As she haughtily told us the first day of class, she’d been adopted by the French while an exchange student, something that high schoolers in Wisconsin, unlike in the hinterlands of Carolina, had an opportuni...

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Published in:Journal of the short story in English 2020, p.253-260
Main Author: Rash, Ron
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Madame Lowery was the first French person we had ever known, though she wasn’t from France. As she haughtily told us the first day of class, she’d been adopted by the French while an exchange student, something that high schoolers in Wisconsin, unlike in the hinterlands of Carolina, had an opportunity to do. “Because of my Gallic sensibility and my impeccable command of their language, the host family concluded my soul was French,” Madame Lowery announced, “and they are correct, which is why ...
ISSN:0294-0442
1969-6108