Crimes of the Heart By Beth Henley 

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 

February 27, 28, March 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2027 

In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the three Magrath sisters gather to await news of their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at 30 and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast, and Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave yet somehow hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by Babe’s awkward young lawyer, who has clearly fallen in love with her. 

“overflows with infectious high spirits.” – The New York Times