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In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in the throes of segregation and what it will mean for a girl on her way to adulthood - as well as for the girl who means the globe to her. Over a scorching day in August 1954, 13-year-old Jubie W leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family for a Florida getaway. Crammed into the Packard along with Jubie are her three siblings, her mom, and the family's dark maid, Mary Luther. For so long as Jubie can keep in mind, Mary has been there - cooking food, cleaning, compensating for her father's rages and her mother's benign neglect, and caring Jubie unconditionally. Excellent and wondering, Jubie takes take note of of the anti-integration signals they go away and of the racial stress that creates as they journey further south. But she could never have predicted the stunning move their trip will take. Now, in the wake of tragedy, Jubie must confront her parents' failings and restrictions, decide where her own convictions lay, and make the tumultuous step to self-reliance.Infused with the depth of a changing time, this is a story of hope, heartbreak, and the love and courage that can change us from child to adult, wounded to indomitable.
