Company

About
Contact
FAQ

Legal

Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

© 2026 Winking Fig LLC. All rights reserved.

Cover of Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley

Crimes of the Heart

1982·125 pages

Literary Fiction

Set in a small Mississippi town, the play examines the lives of three quirky sisters who have gathered back home. During the course of the week the sisters unearth grudges, criticize each other, reminisce about their family life, and attempt to understand their mother's suicide years earlier.

↗Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop

Cover of Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley

↗Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop

↗Find at a library (WorldCat)

Crimes of the Heart

Year

1982

Pages

125

Literary Fiction

Tags

Description

Set in a small Mississippi town, the play examines the lives of three quirky sisters who have gathered back home. During the course of the week the sisters unearth grudges, criticize each other, reminisce about their family life, and attempt to understand their mother's suicide years earlier.

What to read after Crimes of the Heart.

Tell us what you’re craving.

Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley | Winking Fig

Books That Feel Like This

Appropriate

Appropriate

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

David Lindsay-Abaire

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Christopher Durang

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tennessee Williams

The Humans

The Humans

Stephen Karam

Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century

Inherit the Wind

Jerome Lawrence

Our Town

Our Town

Thornton Wilder

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Sarah Ruhl

Eurydice

Eurydice

Sarah Ruhl

Six Degrees of Separation: A Play

Six Degrees of Separation

John Guare

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

August Wilson