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The Golden Apples (1949) is a critically acclaimed collection of seven interrelated short stories by Eudora Welty, often read as a novel in mosaic form. Having read it in book form, I'm inclined to skip ahead, rather than reread here.

In "Death of a Traveling Salesman" a traveling salesman is helped by a family when his car breaks down. He seems to be having a heart attack.

From "A Vist of Charity": The rest home is a scary place for a little girl, and, in a way, they're afraid of her.

"Flowers for Marjorie" is a murder mystery.

Mr. Marblehall has two wives. Nobody seems to care.

"A Memory" is about a main character (probably a girl) with no name that I could find. She goes to the beach and watches this family. Nothing much happened.

In "The Hitch-hikers" one of them tries to steal Harris's car.

"Why I Live at the P.O" is about "Sister" who works at the post office. She does quite a bit of overtime there to avoid her obnoxious family.

From "Kella, the Outcast Indian Maiden": The story is about circus people. Steve hits Max in the jaw. Who's the outcast Indian maiden? Little Lee Roy
may be a circus character pretending to be the maiden. Who knows? The story is really vague.

The Key in the short story of the same name, possibly symbolizes something strange and unlooked for.

Mr. Petrie is "The Petrified Man" in a circus freak show. He's also wanted for raping four women, reward $500.

"The Petrified Man" is the second story. Mrs. Fletcher is pregnant, the subject of beauty shop gossip.

"Lily Daw and the Three Ladies": The xylophone player insists he's going to marry Lily.

The xylophone playersins