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Flannery O'Connor's Childhood Home

  • July 24, 2000
  • Rated 3 of 5 by barbara from Atlanta, Georgia
Flannery O'Connor's Childhood Home

While on our 'Midnight Book Tour' I was thrilled to stumble upon Flannery O'Connor's Childhood Home. I knew that Flannery was from Savannah, but I had never bothered to see if there were any memorials maintained there for her before. As Flannery only spent her very early years in LaFayette Square (to age 13) before moving to Milledgeville, Georgia after her father died of Lupus (the disease that would later claim her as well), the house museum is fairly bare. Admission was only $2, however, and I feel strongly that Flannery O'Connor was the greatest American short story writer of the 20th century. It was interesting to see the place of her humble beginnings.
There was a lady within the home who gave some basic information about Flannery, but I thought that she must've been a volunteer because she did not know answers to many specific questions about O'Connor's work. Still, she had met Flannery when Flannery was a little girl in Savannah---calling her Mary Flannery back then---and gave a basic overview of the writer's life. There was a small garden in back of the house where Flannery apparently had played with her dollhouse. Her room and her parents' room upstairs were in the process of being restored, though we were allowed to peek in on them. The house has very limited operating hours---Saturdays and Sundays 1-4 PM---but special arrangements can be made to view the house at other times if O'Connor's work really interests you. The home also serves as a literary center with readings during the high season. Call 912-233-6014 for more information. If no one answers, leave a message, and someone will get back with you.

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