But after her beautiful best friend makes a stunning confession about a horrific childhood crime, Annette’s world will never be the same.
With Rhoda’s help, Annette survives adolescence and blossoms into a woman. Rhoda, who is everything Annette is not gorgeous, slim, and worldly welcomes Annette into the heart of her eccentric family, which includes her handsome and dignified father her lovely, fragile, ‘Muh’Dear ’ her brooding, dangerous brother Jock and her colorful white relatives half crazy Uncle Johnny sultry Aunt Lola and scary, surly Granny Goose. But the summer Annette turns thirteen, something incredible happens: Rhoda Nelson chooses her as a friend. Frightened and ashamed, Annette withdraws into a world of books and food. Boatwright, the boarder her hardworking mother has taken in, abuses her daily. At the heart of the story is Annette Goode, a shy, awkward girl who keeps a terrible secret. In this richly drawn novel set on the streets, porches and in the parlors of 1960s Ohio, Mary Monroe brings to life the bond between two girls from opposite sides of the tracks and the shattering event that changes their lives forever.
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