One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback. Title from Playaway label. Read by Brittany Pressley. Previously released by Brilliance Audio, 2016. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
Summary:
As a young girl in Millerâ‚‚s Valley, an ordinary farming town that may be facing its final days, Mimi is observing adults, selling corn, growing up and changing, and watching the world around her change, too. As the years go by, the unthinkable starts to seem inevitable. Anna Quindlenâ‚‚s novel takes us through the changing eras of Mimi and her family, as secrets are revealed, and the heartbreaks of growing up and falling in love with the wrong man are overcome. A deeply moving, inspiring story of a young woman learning to love and leave, the place and family from which she comes.
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