![]() ![]() ![]() With Rhoda's help, Annette survives adolescence and blossoms as a woman. Dazzling, generous 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. New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe sweeps readers back to the streets, porches, and parlors of civil rights-era Ohio to bring to life the first steps of an enduring friendship between two girls from opposite sides of the track.Īnnette Goode is a shy, awkward, overweight child with a terrible secret. ![]()
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