Coming of age in mississippi

Anne Moody’s Story: "Coming of Age in Mississippi" by K. Bernardo, for The Paper Store, Inc. Nov. 1998 Many stories have been written of loving families who, despite being desperately poor and despised by society at large, create a close and nurturing home life out of nothing more than love. Anne Moody’s story is not one of these. As Erica Bauermeister writes, "Blunt, powerful, and angry, Coming of Age in Mississippi dares the reader …

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