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Steel Magnolias

by Robert Harling · 1988

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Presents the script of a 1988 play about a group of women in Chinquapin, Louisiana, who learn to draw upon their underlying strength and love to meet the challenges of life.

Genre
literary fictionhumorromancewomen’s fiction
Themes
theatremovieswomenfeminismfriendship
Setting
1980samerican south
Mood
emotionalthought provokinglightfunnysad
Subject
health
Audience
adult
Length
short · 82 pages
Form
plays

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