Prologue -- Rich Chicago girl -- Vittles and vengeance -- A minute in the morning -- Away in a manger -- Hearts and flour -- A dangerous man -- Gone with the wind -- Ever after.
Summary:
In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.
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