The Widow's Mite Author:Ferrol Sams Twelve short stories include the title story, in which the twenty-one-year-old widow Higbee matches wits with a preacher who inquires about the tithe on the double-indemnity insurance she recently collected. — "These stories focus on the Byzantine social politics within small Georgia towns; they typically display an earthy vernacular, gossipy dig... more »ressions, and down-home wisdom."--Library Journal.« less