<div><B>A young girl in the rural South struggles with her mother&rsquo;s madness and her father&rsquo;s betrayal in this moving emotional drama.</B><BR />  <BR /> Eleven-year-old Ellie Sanders has always looked to her father as the rock she could cling to when her mother&rsquo;s troubles became too frightening. Daddy has a tranquilizer, meant for horses, that can calm her down when needed. But Ellie&rsquo;s mother is expecting a new baby, and things have taken a turn for the worse.<BR />  <BR /> Now her father has brought home a pretty teenager who grows tomatoes to sell at the general store he runs in Virginia. Supposedly the girl is here to help the family, but Ellie knows there&rsquo;s more going on&mdash;and senses her security slowly slipping away. Ellie is about to serve as both witness and warden to her mother falling apart, in this powerful novel about a terrified girl clinging desperately to childhood while being forced into adulthood years before she is ready, an atmospheric blend of coming-of-age story and timeless Southern gothic.</div>

Jayne Pupek

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Tomato Girl

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