![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]() Frightened and ashamed, Annette withdraws into a world of books and food.īut the summer Annette turns thirteen, something incredible happens: Rhoda Nelson chooses her as a friend. Boatwright, the boarder her hardworking mother has taken in, abuses her daily. In her richly drawn debut novel, Mary Monroe brings to life the bond between two girls from opposite sides of the track-and the shattering event that changes their lives forever.Īt the heart of the story is Annette Goode, a shy, awkward, overweight child who keeps a terrible secret. ![]()
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