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By Carla Stewart
Publication Date: June 2010
Genre: General / Contemporary
ISBN10: 0446556556
ISBN13: 9780446556552
Topics/Issues: nostalgia, perseverance, love, healing, grief, community, family, suicide, shock treatments, depression, Abandoned, abandonment, abandon, Accepting, acceptance, accept, anger, bitter, bitterness, depressed, faith, faithful, family obligation, fear, fearful, forgiving, forgive, forgiveness, grace, death, mourning, loss, grieving, hope, hopeful, hopefulness, mental illness, mental health, single moms, single parenting, teenagers, teenage, teens
Settings: small town flavor, school, petroleum community, Texas
Living in a small Texas community in 1958 should be simple and carefree, but for Sammie Tucker, nothing will be settled until she finds the truth about her mother’s love. Twelve-year-old Sammie has plenty of questions about her mother’s “nerve” problems. About shock treatments. About whether her mother loves her. When tragedy strikes and a not-so-favorite aunt arrives, Sammie has to choose who to trust with her deepest fears. Her best friend with an opinion about everything? The mysterious kid from California whose own troubles plague him? Or her round-faced neighbor with gentle advice…
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