Flannery O’Connor’s Andalusia Farm Gifted To Georgia College

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August 8th, 2017

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The final home of Flannery O’Connor is under new management.

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The Savannah-born author spent the last 13 years of her life on the middle Georgia dairy farm known as Andalusia.

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