The forgotten girls : a memoir of friendship and lost promise in rural America
(Large Print, Book)
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023.
Format
Large Print, Book
Edition
Large print edition.
ISBN
9781638087144, 1638087148
Physical Desc
351 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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Location | Format | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Riverside - Large Print | Book | LP 818.6 Pot | Checked Out | April 9, 2024 |
Bristol (Rogers Free) - Large Print | Large Print | LP 92 POTTS | On Shelf | |
Lincoln - Adult New Books | Large Print | LP Bio POTT | Checked Out | June 11, 2024 |
North Kingstown - New Non-fiction (Lower Level) | Large Print | L.P. B Potts | On Shelf | |
North Smithfield - Adult New Books | Large Print | LP 92 Potts | Checked Out | June 3, 2024 |
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781638087144, 1638087148
Notes
Description
"Growing up gifted and poor in small-town Arkansas, 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 declining town and tumultuous family lives--broken 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, vowing to escape. In the end, Monica got out, but Darci, along with the rest of their circle of friends, did not. Years later, working as a journalist covering poverty, Monica discovered what she already intuitively knew about the women in Arkansas: Their life expectancy had steeply declined--the sharpest such fall in a century. Most painfully, her once talented and ambitious best friend was now a single mother of two, addicted to meth and prescription drugs, jobless and nearly homeless. What had happened in the years since Monica had left? Why had she escaped while Darci hurtled toward what Monica fears will be a tragic end? What was killing poor white women--and would Darci survive her own life"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Arkansas -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Female friendship -- Arkansas -- Clinton.
Large print books.
Poor women -- Arkansas -- Clinton -- Social conditions.
Potts, Monica -- Friends and associates.
Potts, Monica.
Rural poor -- Arkansas -- Clinton -- Social conditions.
Women drug addicts -- Arkansas -- Clinton.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Female friendship -- Arkansas -- Clinton.
Large print books.
Poor women -- Arkansas -- Clinton -- Social conditions.
Potts, Monica -- Friends and associates.
Potts, Monica.
Rural poor -- Arkansas -- Clinton -- Social conditions.
Women drug addicts -- Arkansas -- Clinton.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Potts, M. (2023). The forgotten girls: a memoir of friendship and lost promise in rural America (Large print edition.). Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Potts, Monica. 2023. The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America. Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Potts, Monica. The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America Center Point Large Print, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Potts, Monica. The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America Large print edition., Center Point Large Print, 2023.
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