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"[A] striking debut..."-BUSTLE
He's gonna be sorry he ever messed with me and Loretta Lynn.
Sadie Blue has been a wife for fifteen days. That's long enough to know she should have never hitched herself to Roy Tupkin, even with the baby.
Sadie is desperate to make her own mark…
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Sadie Blue grabbed my attention from the start. I wanted to learn her story. I related to her desire for knowledge. Unlike Sadie, I was educated, but very much like her, I did everything I knew how to learn more.
Sadie’s world of poverty reminds me of family stories that have been the background of my life. And Sadie’s grandma, Gladys, represented so many of the strong women I grew up with. Sadie and Gladys’ world is one I’ve envisioned in my mind while laying on the porch while my aunts and uncles rocked in white wooden rockers, stories of…
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