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Thirteen-year-old Anna's passionate dream is to go to high school, the first girl from her tiny farm community back in 1910 to do so. She is determined not to stay at home like her older sister, Mary Ellen, helping their mother and waiting to marry a local farmer. But there is no money to send her to River Heights, seven miles away, and anyway, her mother needs her. When sixteen-year-old Mary Ellen is sexually assaulted by a local boy, the situation gets worse. No one suspects Mary Ellen is pregnant until she gives birth to the illegitimate baby. The surprise birth threatens to ruin the family's standing in the community and Mary Ellen's reputation. Anna wrestles with helping her parents and sister while still striving to make her burning desire to go to high school a reality. Meanwhile she becomes involved in solving the mystery of a missing ring, and in stopping another attack by the boy who assaulted her sister. But how will that help her realize her dream?
The Collection, covers the time frame of thirty-five years, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-six to the present. There are poems, verses, fictional and non-fictional stories and an added attraction, songs to sing. “Wildcat Strike” was part of a junior high school assignment. She was given a list of words and told to be creative. “Title Unknown” was written in high school as Audrey Parker was running for class secretary. She lost the election but was commended for her creativity. One summer afternoon during junior high school, Audrey Parker asked her baby brother, “If you could write about anything, what would you write about.” He replied, “It would be about Jesus coming back...
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A beautiful exploration of the pivotal years in Diebenkorn's career