Bestselling author Mary Monroe sweeps readers back to the streets, porches, and parlors of civil rights-era ohio to bring to life the first steps of an enduring friendship between two girls from opposite sides of the tra...Bestselling author Mary Monroe sweeps readers back to the streets, porches, and parlors of civil rights-era ohio to bring to life the first steps of an enduring friendship between two girls from opposite sides of the track. Annette goode is a shy, awkward, overweight child with a terrible secret.