内容简介：
Drawing from her own life experiences, Lurlene Lowe Shearer candidly writes of a young Southern girl in 1930s Mississippi who reveals the timeless obstacles teenage girls endure. Teenage readers will identify with protagonist Suzanne Terry as she confronts familiar struggles and begins to view herself and others through more mature eyes. Readers of all ages will be drawn into the story by Mrs. Sheareras vivid descriptions and remarkable ability to accurately relate a young womanas raw thoughts and emotions during her transition from the covetable naivety of childhood to the acquisition of the humbling insight that demarcates adulthood.