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Book summary:
Oxford\, Mississippi\, 1933. Abandoned by her m other one Christmas Eve\, 11-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable "big girls" at the Lafayett e County Orphan Asylum\, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. B irdie Calhoun\, unmarried and outspoken\, has come to Oxford to ask her so cialite sister to help the struggling family she&rsquo\;s left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip\, Birdie discovers her sister&rsquo\; s seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies. Then\, Birdie encounters C harlie\, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates&mdash\;and Meg&rsquo\;s&mdash\;converge\, Charlie comes up with an a udacious plan for them to take control of their lives. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women&rsquo\;s freedom is fragile\, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences. \;

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