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By Susie Finkbeiner
Publication Date: October 2015
Genre: Literary / Historical
ISBN10: 0825443881
ISBN13: 9780825443886
Topics/Issues: The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, Abusive, Abused, abuse, anger, betrayed, betrayal, deceit, deception, disabilities, handicap, faith, faithful, family, family obligation, grace, grief, death, mourning, loss, grieving, heal, healing, hope, hopeful, hopefulness, mental illness, mental health, depression, parents, parenting, parent, prostitution, prostitute, Racial, racism, prejudice, reconciliation, reconcile, redemption, salvation, redeem, single moms, single parenting, suicide
Settings: Red River, Oklahoma
Where you come from isn't who you are Ten-year-old Pearl Spence is a daydreamer, playing make-believe to escape life in Oklahoma's Dust Bowl in 1935. The Spences have their share of misfortune, but as the sheriff's family, they've got more than most in this dry, desolate place. They're who the town turns to when there's a crisis or a need―and during these desperate times, there are plenty of both, even if half the town stands empty as people have packed up and moved on. Pearl is proud of her loving, strong family, though she often wearies of tracking down her mentally impaired older sister or…
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