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Description

It is 1974 and the country is still struggling to come to terms with the Vietnam War. In the small town of Conners, Georgia, Darcy has just started high school, her older sister Adel goes to weekend dances at the local Army base, and their mother tends her beautiful garden–the biggest and best... read more

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  • “When I was four, I believed her. When I was seven, I knew better. But now that I was fourteen and looking out on Mama's gardens, I again believed that angels lived here.”
    Darcy

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  1. Lurlene McDaniel (Author)
 

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