description: Edna's Uncle Daniel Ponder is quite a character in the townof Clay, Mississippi: he dresses fit to kill and is as goodas gold. But he's rich as Croesus, and a great deal too generous. Needing someone to give things to, he marries 17-year-old Bonnie Dee from a poor backwoods family.
language: English
title: Ponder Heart
titlecomplete: Ponder Heart
genres: American, Southern, Novella, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern Gothic, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 1953
places: Mississippi
awards: awardedAt: -473356800000
name: William Dean Howells Medal
publisher: Amereon Limited