The Practical HeartBy: Allan Gurganus In his fictional Falls, North Carolinaa watchful zone of stifling moresAllan Gurganuss fond and comical characters risk everything to protect their improbable hopes from prejudice, poverty, betrayal. Seeking warmth and true connection, they shield themselves and loved ones while creating a rarely glimpsed world of valor, minor grandeur, side street heroics. Muriel Fraser, a poor Scottish born spinster, is the subject of a John