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Format: Paperback, Unabridged-MP3
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: Apr 2007
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $20.00
Pages: 224
Set in the turbulent summer of 1964 in Tupelo, Mississippi, a volatile time and place during the fight for civil rights, this sentimental novel concerns three women--Diana, a white 13-year-old in the throes of adolescence; her mother, Paige, paralyzed from the neck down as a result of polio; and Peacie, Paige's outspoken African-American caretaker--who must each balance her desire for independence with her needs both to help and seek help from others.
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