Tommaline Jones's Blog (1)

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Sonnie Harper is a young girl growing up in rural south Georgia in the 1920s and 30s.  Her family had been dysfunctional for generations.  Turmoil was significant in the generation before her.  This was a time of great poverty for the farmers of this area due to the Depression and the biggest drought in history.  As a toddler, Sonnie begins to hide from her…