The Forgotten Girls - An American Story - Monica Potts poetry The book’s series of vignettes

The book’s series of vignettes can be read cover to cover or dipped into whenever inspiration is needed

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The Forgotten Girls - An American Story - Monica Potts poetry The book’s series of vignettesGrowing up gifted and working class poor in the foothills of the Ozarks, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of reading and learning, even as they navigated the challenges of their tumultuous family lives and declining townbroken marriages, alcohol abuse, and shuttered stores and factories. They pored over the giant map in their middle school classroom, tracing their fingers over the world that awaited them,