Set in the fictional town of Neely, North Carolina – a thinly disguised Reidsville – it tells, in a rambling and digressive manner, about the life and eventual suicide of the town's only aristocratic woman, Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew.
Set in the fictional town of Neely, North Carolina – a thinly veiled Reidsville – it recounts, in an meandering and circuitous style, about the life and ultimate demise by suicide of the town's sole member of the aristocracy, Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew.