The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

I recently finished this classic by Carson McCullers. It is an intense, sorrowful, and gripping story. The main characters are a poor teenage girl, a deaf-mute, a crazy man, a black physician and a cafe owner. The way McCullers has their lives interact and the relationships that result from these interactions really make the reader think about the time period (1930's) and what affects a person in a small town. I found the book in one of my hours spent walking the shelves at Half Price. It's amazing what I find there.