Cold Sassy Tree
Who is Mattie Lou Blakeslee from Cold Sassy Tree and what is their importance?
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Mattie Lou Blakeslee is Will's grandmother, and although, she does not physically appear in the novel (she died three weeks before the novel begins), she has a distinct presence in the thoughts and memories of the novel's main characters.
Cold Sassy Tree