Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
A Letter from Murmur Lee Harp to Charleston Rowena Mudd
Murmur Lee Harp
Charleston Rowena Mudd
October 3, 2001 Murmur Lee Harp’s Last Will and Testament, Handwritten in Baroque Cursive Script on a Yellow Legal Pad in Purple Ink and Notarized by Lashandra P. Pacetti
A Grocery List, Written in Murmur Lee Harp’s Excessive Cursive Script, Unread, Lost Amid the Cobwebs Behind Her Rusting Refrigerator
Murmur Lee Harp
Murmur Lee Harp Sees a Moment in the Life of Her Great-Great-Grandfather Oster Harp
Billy Speare
Edith Piaf
Lucinda Smith
Dr. Zachary Klein
Murmur Lee Harp Sees a Moment in the Life of Her Mother, Lily Cordelia Harp
William S. Speare
Sainthood: Murmur Lee Harp Reveals the Zenith of Her Childhood
Charleston Rowena Mudd
A Letter Written by Father Matthew Jaeger to Bishop Haywood F. Carroll, which Father Jaeger Never Mailed, Opting to Hide It in a Secret Pocket He Whittled into the Cover of His Favorite Book,From Here to Eternity
Disgrace: Murmur Lee Harp Reveals the Apex of Her Sainthood
A Letter Written by Father Matthew Jaeger to God, Never Mailed, Just Balled Up and Then Burned in the Rectory’s Kitchen Sink
Four Journal Entries Written by Murmur Lee Harp During the Time of Her Independent Scholastic Study of the Medical Phenomenon Known as Musicogenic Epilepsy
Charleston Rowena Mudd
Murmur Lee Harp Sees Her Daughter
A Letter Murmur Lee Harp Wrote to Blossom Cordelia Charleston Nathanson Harp and Tucked in the Pocket of the Dress the Child Was Cremated In
Lucinda Smith
Dr. Zachary Klein
Murmur Lee Harp Reflects on Her Life as a Catholic, a Witch, a Parent of a Dead Child, the Wife of a Bad Man, and the Friend of a Tragic Couple
Charleston Rowena Mudd
A Note Written by Murmur Lee Harp and Passed to Charlee Mudd in Their Eighth-Grade Homeroom, Written in Valentine Red Ink, Hearts Splattered Across the Page
A Love Note from Murmur Lee Harp to Lawrence Fairhope Davis, Written Eight Months After Her Divorce and During Her Brief Employment at the Catholic Day School Located in St. Augustine’s Old City (It Should Be Noted That the Affair Ended Shortly After Murmur Sent This Epistolary Rumination on the Nature of Love)
A Letter Murmur Lee Harpn Wrote to Her Husband, Erik Nathanson, Two Days After He Walked Out on Her
An E-Mail from Murmur Lee Harp to Billy Speare
Billy Speare
Murmur Lee Harp Sees Her First Date with Billy Speare
Edith Piaf
Lucinda Smith
Charleston Rowena Mudd
Dr. Zachary Klein
Edith Piaf
Dr. Zachary Klein
Charleston Rowena Mudd
Murmur Lee Harp
Lucinda Smith
Charleston Rowena Mudd
Billy Speare
Murmur Lee Harp
Edith Piaf
Billy Speare
Murmur Lee Harp
Charleston Rowena Mudd
Murmur Lee Harp
Reading Group Guide
Also by Connie May Fowler
About the Author
Praise for The Problem with Murmur Lee
Copyright Page