| A Family's Affairs | |
| Border: | yes |
| Author: | Ellen Douglas |
| Cover Artist: | George Salter |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin |
| Release Date: | 11 June 1962 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 442 pp |
| Isbn: | 9780807121634 |
| Congress: | PZ4.D7345 Fam FT MEADE |
| Oclc: | 1373389 |
| Followed By: | Black Cloud, White Cloud: Two Novellas and Two Stories |
A Family's Affairs is a 1962 novel by Ellen Douglas.
A Family's Affairs is the first novel published by Ellen Douglas.[1] It tells the story of three generations of a Mississippi family, set in the fictional town of Homochitto. The novel was awarded the Houghton Mifflin fellowship in 1961 and was recognized as one of the five best novels of the year by The New York Times.[2]