One of the most remarkable novels every written by an American woman about women. First published in 1943, the story follows a woman's flight from Manhattan and her unfaithful husband to her rural ancestral home. Southern Classics Series. "The Women on the Porch is an impressive performance. . ."--W.J. Stuckey "There is a sharp sense of the land, as of the people who inhabit it. . . . The cottonwoods and the sycamores, the dew-wet brambles and the dust-deep country road, the kitchen garden with its snap-beans tangled and choked by the crowding morning-glory vines, the white fog from the branch at night, and a thousand and one other touches of observed and loved reality contribute to Miss Gordon's novel a beauty and a naturalness. . ."--F.H. Bullock Caroline Gordon (1895–1981 ) was the author of nine novels, two short story collections, and two works of criticism. She was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a winner of the O. Henry Award . Her Collected Stories was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year .